Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Efforts to implement vaping bans in NY State escalate
Amongst the health care organizations behind this initiative is the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and the proposed ban would extend to bars and restaurants,...
Reactions to the UK’s new “stifling” vaping regulations
Vapers in the UK are now faced with several changes, as not only will there be less products on the market, but the amounts...
Dr. Farsalinos about the claims that vaping leads to bladder cancer
Last Monday on the 15th of May, at a joint press conference at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, the AUA released data showing...
Vapers in San Francisco urged to take part in upcoming flavour ban hearing
San Francisco and Oakland lawmakers are suggesting their cities ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products, from mentholated cigarettes to flavored blunt wraps, cigars,...
Philip Morris to launch iQOS in Korea
The iQOS device, is a smokeless alternative to combustible cigarettes and works by heating tobacco leaves known as Heets. These refills which look like...
A proposal to raise the tobacco age limit to 21 in Massachusetts
If the legislation is implemented, the age limit will apply to all “tobacco products”, including electronic cigarettes, and it would prohibit health care institutions...
Lawsuit against HHS over records pertaining to FDA deeming rule
Judicial Watch is seeking records from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of the...
Two medical organisations join Dutch law suit against Big Tobacco
The lawsuit against Imperial Tobacco Benelux, British American Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International, was launched last March by Dutch anti-cancer association KWF,...
