Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Approximately 1.3 Million Lives Are Lost Yearly to Smoking-Related Cancers Across 7 Countries
The study, "International burden of cancer deaths and years of life lost from cancer attributable to four major risk factors: a population-based study in...
Smoking Cessation Expert: Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, Receives Award For His Efforts
Dr. Colin Mendelsohn has been honored with the Most Supportive Public Health Professional/Researcher Award at the UKVIA 2023 Industry Recognition Awards. Presented at the...
COP10 Has Been Postponed to 2024. Is This Good or Bad For Tobacco Harm...
The Tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and the Third session...
The UK’s Ongoing Public Consultation on Phasing Out Smoking And Teen Vaping
The UK government has already received over 12,000 responses in its public consultation on plans to create a smoke-free generation and tackle teen vaping....
Australia’s Vape Blackmarket Keeps Flourishing as Health Minister Sticks to Prohibition
The Australian Border Force (ABF) and Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), have collaborated in a campaign called OBELIA, which resulted in the confiscation of more...
Study Links Youth Vaping to Stress. But is Vaping The Cause or The Response?
The research team analyzed data from the Canadian Health Measure Surveys, of 905 people aged between 15 and 30. They found that the 115...
Latest NYTS Shows Significant Drop in Vaping Among US High School Students
Vaping rates dropped from 14.1% in 2022 to 10.0% in 2023, while smoking rates among middle and high school students remain low at 1.6%.The...
Could Plain Packaging for E-Cigarettes Reduce Teen Vaping?
The study, "Impact of E-liquid Packaging on Vaping Product Perceptions Among Youth in England, Canada, and the United States: A Randomized Online Experiment," surveyed...
