Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
A Crisis Predicted: Australia Remains Resolved on Defying Its Own Nicotine Data
While Australia’s black market for tobacco has exploded into a multibillion-dollar crisis, policymakers have been misguidedly focusing on regulating non-combustible nicotine products. In fact,...
The Disposable Vape Debate: Why Can’t Youth Protection and Adult Accessibility Coexist?
Across the globe, disposable vapes (alongside nicotine pouches) have become one of the latest flashpoints in tobacco policy. In Europe, governments from Estonia to...
Misinformation, High Smoking Rates and Illicit Sales: The Consequences of France’s Nicotine Policies
France is at a crossroads in tobacco control. While policymakers debate tighter restrictions on safer nicotine products, combustible cigarettes continue to kill an estimated...
From Deprived Neighbourhoods to Smoke-Free Futures: UK Harm Reduction is at a Crossroads
Across the United Kingdom, the debate over nicotine policy is intensifying at precisely the moment smoking rates are falling to historic lows. While some...
Nicotine Pouches and Smoking Cessation: The Undeniable Evidence Some Policymakers Are Choosing to Ignore
As smoking rates remain stubbornly high in many regions, nicotine pouches are gaining attention as a practical, smoke-free alternative for adults who would otherwise...
As The WHO Blurs Smoking – Vaping Line, Leaders Must Demand Transparency for Continued...
For anyone who has watched family members suffer and die from smoking-related disease, tobacco control is not an abstract policy debate, it is deeply...
Stalled Smoking Rates, Thriving Crime: The Reality of Australia’s “Exemplary” Tobacco Strategy
Australia is often portrayed—by its own institutions most of all—as a global tobacco control success story. Officials point to falling daily smoking rates, decades...
The EU Is Dismissing Public Opposition to Nicotine Taxes as ‘Industry Interference’ Instead of...
Whether it is denial or a blatant attempt to decieve, as the European Union revisits its tobacco tax framework, officials in Brussels are increasingly...
