Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill Goes Into Effect: What is it Getting Wrong?
The United Kingdom has entered a new chapter in tobacco and nicotine regulation following the Tobacco and Vapes Bill receiving Royal Assent. This law...
400% Tax Hike on Nicotine Pouches Puts Sweden’s Smoke-Free Progress at Risk
The EU Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) proposed amendment is once again stirring the debate over whether policymakers are putting ideology before evidence, especially when...
China Builds a Controlled Nicotine Market While Dominating Global Supply Chains
China is discreetly shifting the paradigm of nicotine around the world—and not in a way that most harm reduction advocates would like to see....
Enforcement Won’t Fix It: Australia Needs to Tackle the Root Cause of its Broken...
The experiment that is tobacco control in Australia has crashed into a wall of harsh realities, and the consequences can no longer be hidden...
More on the Ongoing EU Nicotine Policy Review Madness and the Growing Divide on...
Between its core principles of evidence-based regulation and the free movement of goods, nicotine policy is fragmenting across the EU at a pace that...
EU TPD Review Under Fire: Consumer Groups Demand Evidence-Based Tobacco Policy
With the European Commission’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) soon to be revised, the tobacco policy debate in Europe is reaching a boiling point, revealing...
A Destructive Global Tobacco Policy Shift? Prohibition Reigns Supreme as Evidence Keeps Being Ignored
The worldwide tobacco control landscape is increasingly characterized by a dichotomy — on one side, evidence-based harm reduction, and on the other, prohibitionist policymaking....
Cancer Risk and Nicotine: Separating Science from Sensationalism in the Vaping Debate
The cancer risk from smoking is extremely significant. When tobacco is burned, it generates thousands of chemicals, including dozens of well-known carcinogens. Eliminate combustion,...
