Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
UK Audit Reports Drop in Smoking Cessation Referrals in Hospitals
The actual number of smokers admitted to hospital has declined from 24% of acute care patients in 2019 to 21% in 2021.Conducted by the...
Maine Lawmakers to Propose Statewide Ban on Flavoured Tobacco Products
If the ban goes through, Maine would join a group of US states including Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, with such a restriction...
Parental Smoking Puts Offspring at Risk of Nicotine Addiction
The study titled, “Paternal nicotine taking elicits heritable sex-specific phenotypes that are mediated by hippocampal Satb2,” concluded that parental nicotine exposure may promote addiction-like...
Minnesota’s Youth Smoking and Vaping Rates Have Declined Drastically
In 2018, 15.1% of Minnesotans reported smoking, and by 2020 this number had dropped to 13.8%.Only 6% of 8th graders, 7% of 9th graders,...
Study Says E-Liquids And Thirdhand Smoke May Damage Human Skin
Titled, “Nicotine Affects Multiple Biological Processes in EpiDermTM Organotypic Tissues and Keratinocyte Monolayers,” the study was published in Atmosphere. "We found dermal contact with...
The Canadian Vaping Association Reiterates The Importance of Flavours
A recent letter to Ontario’s health minister Jean-Yves Duclos, urged him to amend the current vape regulations to restrict the number of flavours allowed....
UK Supermarket Chain Waitrose Stops Selling Disposable Vapes
Waitrose has de-listed vaping products containing lithium.Recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that UK smoking rates reached record lows...
Hong Kong Public Health Expert Suggests a Raise in Tobacco Tax
Dr. Ho Sai-yin is suggesting doubling the tax on cigarette packs to HK$76 (US$9.70) each, which would push the retail price to roughly HK$97....
