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.

Philip Morris eyes tech gadgets, insurance rebates to promote vaping

February 15, 2019

Gadgets that monitor health, from wearable step-counters to apps tracking sleep and diet, have exploded in popularity in recent years, and now...

Vapouriz unveils new shop-within-shop retail format

February 14, 2019

Leading vaping company Vapouriz has unveiled the latest retail offer from its Vapestore division: a shop within a shop format at the...

BAT launches new vaping technology into Vype range

February 14, 2019

British American Tobacco’s (BAT) e-cigarette brand Vype has launched a new vaping technology, ‘Puretech’, which will be incorporated in the Vype iSwitch and...

E-cigarettes twice better as quit smoking aid than patches, gum: study

January 31, 2019

E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective at helping smokers quit as nicotine replacement treatments like patches, lozenges and gum, according to the...

Evolving market

January 4, 2019

The smoking cessation products market is expected to witness impressive 12% y-o-y volume growth in 2018 over 2017. Ongoing anti-tobacco movements and...

British American Tobacco unveils two new vaping devices

December 12, 2018

British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched two new e-cigarettes – Vype iSwitch and Vype iSwitch Maxx – in five of BAT’s VIP...

Stay up to speed with the vaping category

December 3, 2018

Despite only being around a decade old, the UK vaping market continues to develop and evolve at pace from both a commercial...

JTI updates Logic PRO vaping device

September 28, 2018

Vaping brand Logic has announced an update to its popular Logic PRO capsule vaping device. Rolling out from September, the next generation...

Rapid increase in number of UK vapers

September 14, 2018

An estimated 3.2 million people in Britain are now users of e-cigarettes, or vapes, compared with around 7.4 million who smoke tobacco...

Switching to E-cigs could fetch you a Ferrari!

August 31, 2018

A typical smoker could save enough money to buy a Ferrari, a private island or a house if they switch to vaping,...

Exhaled e-cigarette particles evaporate rapidly: study

July 24, 2018

A new peer-reviewed study published in the academic journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research found significant differences between emissions from the tested e- and...

Flavours key to smokers switching to vaping: study

July 12, 2018

Flavours play a critical role in attracting – and retaining – smokers into the vaping category, directly contributing to tobacco harm reduction,...

WHO urged to recognise vaping’s role in harm reduction

May 25, 2018

Fontem Ventures, owner of leading e-vapour brand blu, has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to recognise the growing evidence that...

Vaping firm Supreme to float on the AIM

April 23, 2018

E-cigarette firm Supreme has announced its intention to float its shares for trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange....