Kiran Paul

Kiran Paul

With a background that spans both the agility of startup environments and the established presence of Asian Media Group, Kiran tries to bring a well-rounded perspective to his work. His career as a journalist began at a dynamic news startup, where he honed his reporting and storytelling skills for five years, gaining valuable experience in a fast-paced and evolving media landscape. Since 2018, he has been contributing to Asian Trader, where a standout feature of his work has been his in-depth interviews with award-winning retailers, which he transforms into insightful profiles that appear in each issue. Since 2021, he has also been at the helm of the sister title, Vape Business.

Researchers call for user behaviour studies before lab testing for e-cigarettes

July 20, 2022

Collecting real-world human puffing behaviour may lead to better predictions of human yields of e-cigarette emissions and improved risk assessments to predict...

Elf Bar helps close down 20 counterfeit factories in China, seizing over a million fakes

July 15, 2022

Popular disposable vape brand Elf Bar has ramped up its fight against counterfeit products, intercepting over a million fake vape products bearing...

Vaping brand Zovoo unveils Gene Tree Special Edition ceramic core

July 14, 2022

Chinese vape brand Zovoo has unveiled new nano-tech ceramic core, named Gene Tree Special Edition. The brand said the independently developed technology...

Report on vaping industry’s economic impact set to be unveiled at UKVIA conference 

July 14, 2022

The vaping industry’s first ever economic impact report, conducted by the Centre for Economics & Business Research, will be unveiled at the...

Londoners spend most on e-liquids: survey

July 13, 2022

Londoners are the nation’s biggest vapers – getting through an average of nine bottles of e-liquid a week, according to a new...

Nearly half a million smokers don’t have access to dedicated local stop smoking support, study finds

July 13, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of smokers lack the support they need to kick the habit as a new study reveals that 12 Clinical...

Illegal cigarettes and vapes seized during Tower Hamlets raid

July 12, 2022

Illegal tobacco worth more than £28,000 and banned vape liquids have been seized during a two-day raid in Tower Hamlets, London. Officers...

UKVIA reiterates call for £10,000 fine for retailers who sell vapes to kids

July 8, 2022

The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has reiterated the call for a range of get-tough measures to crack down on unscrupulous retailers...

Travelling Brits warned: vaping in these countries could land you in jail 

July 8, 2022

Brits who travel with vapes or e-cigarettes have been urged to check for any restrictions on the devices in their destination – or...

JM Wholesale unveils novel catalogue of CBD products

July 8, 2022

JM Wholesale has declared a listing of more than 750 cannabinoid (CBD) products which are safe for legal sale. The leading CBD...

Vape use among teenagers grows, ASH survey finds

July 7, 2022

Current vaping among children aged 11-17 has gone up from 4 per cent in 2020 to 7 per cent in 2022, a...

US regulator stays its ban on Juul products

July 7, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has on Tuesday put on hold its decision to ban the sales of Juul Labs’...

Proposed EU ban on heated tobacco extending to Northern Ireland would be discriminatory, campaigners say

July 6, 2022

Campaigners have criticised the proposed EU ban on flavoured heated tobacco products that might be imposed on Northern Ireland as well because...

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Smoore launches pioneering research into nicotine addiction

July 5, 2022

Leading vape manufacturer Smoore has announced the launch of a real-time monitoring research project on nicotine addiction. In partnership with the Shenzhen...