Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
EU Nicotine Debate Intensifies as Parliament Rejects New Taxes and Submissions to the EC’s...
The unprecedented level of engagement reflects the growing importance of alternative nicotine products, such as nicotine pouches, vapes and heated tobacco, in Europe's smoking...
From Cleveland Clinic to Massachusetts: The Expanding War on Nicotine, Whether it Comes in...
As cigarette smoking continues its decades-long decline across much of the Western world, a growing divide is emerging between tobacco harm reduction advocates and...
FDA’s ZYN Decision And Sweden’s Success Challenge Claims That Nicotine Pouches Are a New...
The discussion around nicotine pouches has, for some time now, been one of the hottest topics in tobacco harm reduction. Critics often describe these...
Australia’s $7 Billion Illicit and Contaminated Nicotine Market That Experts had Tirelessly Warned About
For years, tobacco harm reduction advocates, economists, criminologists and some public health experts warned that Australia’s increasingly restrictive approach to vaping would produce predictable...
The UK’s Disposable Vape Ban One Year Later: Rising Smoking Rates and Illicit Markets,...
Less than a year after the UK banned disposable vapes, emerging evidence raises an uncomfortable yet predicted reality for policymakers. While many people who...
FIFA’s World Cup Vaping Ban Exposes the Flaws in Global Nicotine Policy
As millions of football fans are travelling across North America for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, many are facing some of the strictest anti-smoking...
Beyond the Smoker: Study Shows How Nicotine Alternatives Improve Family Life in Multiple Ways
For years, debates over tobacco harm reduction have focused almost exclusively on smokers. Policymakers, regulators and public health advocates have argued whether products such...
Why Are Vapers Still Paying Smoker Life Insurance Rates? An Industry’s Harm Reduction Blind...
For years, British public health authorities have encouraged smokers who cannot quit entirely to switch to less harmful alternatives such as vaping products. The...
