Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
US: Connecticut Proposes a Ban on Flavoured E-Cigarettes
Despite evidence to the contrary, the proposed Senate Bill 367 assumes that a flavour ban would reduce teen vaping rates.Just like other Northeast States'...
How Will China’s New Vape Law Affect the Industry?
Given that the world’s largest tobacco company is fully owned by the Chinese government, the latter has a lot to gain from expanding the...
International Experts Urge Malaysia PM to Reconsider Proposed Vape Ban
Earlier this year, Malaysia’s health minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced a ban on the sales of cigarettes and safer nicotine alternative products to anyone born...
Survey: 9 of 10 Philippines Smokers Support Tobacco Harm Reduction
94% of Filipinos believe that the local government should set in place policies encouraging smokers to switch to less harmful alternatives to cigarettes, whilst...
Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates Fight to Reduce Indiana’s Vape Tax
The higher tax rate was approved last year and would go into effect in July 2022. Meanwhile, a proposal to reduce the tax from...
Vaping Advocate Groups Commend UK Government For Embracing Science
While the World Health Organisation (WHO) continues to wage a war on vaping and other safer nicotine alternatives through campaigns and such initiatives, the...
Three US States Have Introduced Bills to Ban Synthetic Nicotine
Many vape retailers had turned to synthetic nicotine in the hope of avoiding the rigorous, costly and in most cases futile, pre-market review process.Given...
Top US Tobacco Control Experts Unite to Endorse Vaping
E-cigarettes would have a more positive impact if the health community recognized its benefits.Published August 19 in The American Journal of Public Health, the...
