Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Certain jails in the UK are allowing inmates to vape in their cells
As prison personnel are struggling to control the smoking situation in UK jails, this month jails across Merseyside are encouraging their inmates to take...
BAT to launch its HnB device in Russia
Glo, a direct competitor of PMI’s iQOS, is currently available in Canada, Japan, South Korea and Switzerland, making the Russian market the fifth in...
Newly released research report analyzes the snus market
Snus is a moist powder tobacco product that is placed under the upper lip for extended periods. It is considered as an effective harm...
NY State : Vaping is now banned from a number of public spaces
Last June, lawmakers in Albany voted to add vaping products to the state Clean Indoor Air Act, hence banning the devices from places where...
Senate Democrats propose a bill that would raise e-cig taxes
According to an article on The Daily Vaper, in the recent days Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his chief deputy Dick Durbin...
FDA says that reducing Nicotine in cigarettes could save 8 million lives
On Friday the 28th of July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced a new comprehensive plan for tobacco and nicotine regulation, which...
Indonesia to raise tobacco tax
In 2017, the government of the Southeast Asian nation has already implemented taxes on all tobacco products, ranging from a low 22 rupiah per...
South Korea may be raising e-cigarette taxes
The proposed tax raise is of a significant 90%, increasing the prices of PMI’s ‘Heets’ and BAT’s ‘Neostiks’, from the current 4,300 range to...
