Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
An article about vaping amongst teens, leaves out important detail
The data which was collected across the US via The Monitoring the Future Study and published a few days back by The Institute for...
The FDA’s main policy plans for 2018
The Commissioner started by pointing out that besides regulating products to ensure safety, the agency’s responsibility includes “efficiently advancing innovations and therapies that improve...
NZ health entity speaks up in defense of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation
Last March, the government of New Zealand announced that vaping products would be legalized, and while many commended this motion, the ARANZ spoke against...
US survey: Youth smoking rates reach historic lows despite e-cig popularity
This newly released survey data is significant, because it confirms what many public health experts have been pointing out. That is, warnings saying that...
US Study: E-cigarettes most effective smoking cessation aids
Lead study author, Brad Rodu, a Professor of Medicine and endowed chair in tobacco harm reduction research, and member of the James Graham Brown...
Mexico: Smoking rates increased from 2011 to 2016
The national average of cigarettes smoked per day per individual, has also increased from 6.5 in 2011, to 7.3 in 2016.The 2016-2017 National Drug,...
Big Tobacco’s tight grip on policy makers in Indonesia
In the US, the world’s major tobacco companies are being forced to spend millions on adverts carrying ‘corrective’ messages’, which will be released on...
Research looking into health warnings on individual cigarettes
The study was published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, and involved nearly a thousand participants aged between 16 and 24 from the UK, including...
