Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
The US Faces Limited Online Vape Sales, Public Confusion and a General Regression in...
The global tobacco harm reduction movement faces pressure from multiple directions. In the United States, online sales channels for vaping products are narrowing as...
Can the UK Britain Tackle Illicit Vapes Without Hurting Adult Smokers Trying to Quit?
The issue sits at the heart of a growing tension in British tobacco control. On one hand, enforcement agencies continue to seize vast quantities...
The Most Counterproductive Idea in Tobacco Control? The Likely Result of a UN-Backed Effort...
A proposal by Palau has initiated a United Nations review that could classify nicotine as a controlled psychotropic substance. Proponents have framed the initiative...
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...
