Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
UK : Highest rate of smokers switching to e-cigs in Europe
In 2016, the UK has not only opened itself to the use electronic cigarettes as smoking cessation tools, but also launched a number of...
Mumbai : Alarming correlation between smoking rates and cancer
The Mumbai Cancer Registry (MCR), which is managed by the Indian Cancer Society, pointed out that from 2010 to 2014, cancer cases have increased...
Will e-cig users quit for good, or revert to smoking?
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) Norwich Medical School are looking for people who have used vaping products in order to quit...
NZ : call for smokers to be part of a quit trial
The research will be conducted by the University of Auckland’s National Institute for Health Innovation, and about 1800 participants are needed. The aim of...
iQos heatsticks declared illegal in NZ
iQos was launched at a highly publicised event at an upmarket waterfront venue in Auckland last December. The device works by heating a special...
Australia’s nicotine ban upheld
Last August, the New Nicotine Alliance (NNA), who is a non profit organization that supports tobacco harm reduction strategies, was amongst those who submitted...
In response to S.A.’s government statements about e-cigs
Co-founder of the Africa Harm Reduction Alliance, Dr. Delon Human, health expert Clive Bates from Counterfactual, Dr Kgosi Letlape, the president of the Health...
The misinformation spread by the FDA is detrimental to public health
According to a paper published in Addictive Behaviours by professor David T. Sweanor and assistant professor Lynn T. Kozlowski, the FDA is actively standing...
