Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Health leaders’ plea to US government to urgently tackle smoking epidemic
The report was compiled by a group of prominent health leaders, and calls on the government to take immediate action to reduce the number of smokers...
NY State Senator uses inaccurate facts to promote legislation
Vaping products in NY State have recently been under attack. First came the proposal to ban discount coupons, and last week the letter by...
Is Olympia WA the next city facing an unreasonable vape tax?
Representative Gerry Pollet said that the vaping industry “grew under the radar” and has not been paying its fair share of tax. Pollet thinks...
A report asking the FDA to ban flavoured e-liquids
The report, The Flavour Trap, was released last Wednesday and was compiled jointly the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Cancer Action Network, the American...
Concerned physicians’ response to NY State Health Dept.
Last February, New York State health commissioner Howard Zucker, sent a letter to the state’s physicians. A letter that has shocked many anti-smoking and...
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids contributed to youth cigarette addiction
Yesterday on the 19th of March, Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, Dr. Michael Siegel,...
NY State Health Dept. refutes vaping for harm reduction
A letter that has shocked many anti-smoking and public health activists, ignores all the data available proving the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation,...
The ‘Stop the Vape Ban’ coalition kicks off
Professor of Medicine, and endowed chair of tobacco harm reduction research at the University of Louisville, Brad Rodu, and executive director of SFATA Pamela...
