Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Is The U.S. FDA Finally Turning to Science?
This month, the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products awarded Tracy Smith, Ph.D., from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center two grants to study the likely effects...
Contrasting Views And Findings About Vaping And Respiratory Health
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open, analyzed the longitudinal association between vaping, smoking and self-reported wheezing among US adults. The research team analysed...
The Latest Vape Tax Motions in The US
Alaska’s Senate Bill 89, would have set in place a 25% wholesale tax on vaping products and raised the legal age to purchase vapes...
The U.S. FDA’s Claims on Vaping Contradict the Agency’s Own Scientific...
An FDA paper published in Tobacco Control last year, reported that following the flavour ban set by the US FDA in 2020, most respondents...
Last Chances to Submit to the EU Public Consultation on Vaping
Sadly, the policymakers within the EU who will be tasked with voting on vape legislations are completely misinformed about the products.Open to all, from...
Bloomberg’s Anti-Vape Campaign Will Irreparably Cost Lives
Earlier this year, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced it would be putting $420 million towards reducing tobacco use globally, $280 of which will be allegedly going...
Australia Has Just Delivered One Final Blow to Vapers
Only a couple of weeks ago, three Australian smoking cessation experts published a paper urging local regulators to consider vape regulations which find an...
U.S. Smoking Rates Drop to Record Low Thanks to Vaping
The CDC findings are based on survey responses from over 27,000 adults. One in nine adults reported being current smokers, and one in seventeen...
