Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Smoking-Related Cancer Rates Are Down in NYC. Can the Reason be The Increase in...
Sweden has one of the highest snus consumption rates globally, with a considerable portion of smokers switching transitioning to snus, and this shift has...
Health Canada Authorizes Nicotine Pouch For the First Time
In their submission to Health Canada, Nicoventures included a pharmacokinetics study which demonstrated the nicotine delivery effectivity of the product, on par with that...
Risk Perceptions About Tobacco-Free Nicotine Products
The NHS has emphasized that while vaping is not completely harmless, it poses a small fraction of the risks associated with smoking, and the...
Scotland Announces Generational Tobacco Ban Which Includes Vaping
Scotland is considering implementing a generational smoking ban which would prevent anyone born in 2009 or later (currently 14 or younger) from legally purchasing...
New Zealand Announces Plans to Scrap Tobacco Generational Ban
A generational tobacco ban would just fuel an already existing blackmarket whilst also unintentionally making smoking more attractive to minors.Led by Prime Minister Chris...
France Releases New Smoke-Free Plan Which Includes Counterproductive Vape Restrictions
Cigarette smoking accounts for 75,000 preventable deaths annually in France and is the leading cause of premature death before the age of 65. France's health...
The Real Reason Why FCTC COP10 Was Postponed?
The WHO FCTC has been aware since October that it lacked a venue or conference planning, yet it waited until the week before the...
Ireland Announces Restrictive Vape Measures
Countries with an open harm reduction approach, such as Sweden and the UK, have successfully reduced smoking rates to record lows.Irish Health Minister Stephen...
