Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
E-cigarette bans may be violating international trade rules
India is amongst the countries looking to ban electronic cigarettes, despite the mounting evidence that these products are effective harm reduction and smoking cessation...
A link between vaping and smoking is not proof of a causal relationship
The study was led by Mark Conner from the University of Leeds, and published in the British Medical Journal's specialized Tobacco Control last Thursday....
UK : Complaint against ads promoting vaping for harm reduction
In 2016, the EU's Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR), decided to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products. This came to pass after fierce...
UK may be following US in lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes
The Office for National Statistics said that 7.6 million people in the UK are smokers. These figures equate to the country boasting the second...
FDA announcement prompts Scottish RPS to question e-cigs safety
MacKinnon referred to the fact that the FDA intends to launch a campaign to deter adolescents from using electronic cigarettes. “We are still concerned...
Thailand vaping ban : Unknowing travellers could face dire consequences
Many tourists have already been arrested for possessing electronic cigarettes.The vaping ban has been in place in the South East Asian country since 2014,...
The American Thoracic Society’s ideological opposition to e-cigs
"The FDA’s new plans could just switch one form of nicotine addiction with another," was the title a letter Dr. Enid Neptune from the American...
Opinions about raising the age to buy tobacco to 21
Last week Oregon raised the age limit to purchase tobacco to 21, making it the fifth state in the Unites States to implement such...
