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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

tobacco

Graphic warnings on cigarette packages from around the world. (Courtesy/Israel Cancer Association)
May 29, 2025, 3:19 pm
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, Knesset votes to require graphic images on smoking products
Israel is the 2nd country to mandate such warnings on e-cigarettes, as survey finds 31% of Israeli smokers have started or resumed lighting up due to stress since start of the war
By Diana Bletter
18-year-old Jewish Orthodox students take a break in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. May 18, 2011. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 13, 2022, 3:44 pm
Philip Morris targeting Haredi society to grow next generation of smokers – study
Tobacco behemoth spent 87%, nearly NIS 3 million, of its local advertising budget on ultra-Orthodox, despite community having the lowest smoking rates in the country
By Ash Obel
A child breathing her father's smoke (iStock)
September 1, 2021, 10:20 pm
Israeli researchers say toddler nicotine tests could curb parents’ smoking
Study finds some 7 out of 10 children from smoker homes had nicotine in body, showing repeated exposure to secondhand smoke, but parents can be convinced to stop smoking near kids
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative photo of people smoking cigarettes. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 5, 2019, 9:28 am
One in five Israelis smoke, but increasing numbers are trying to quit
Health Ministry report finds dramatic gaps between men and women, Arabs and Jews, and by levels of educational achievement
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. A woman holding tobacco, January 25, 2017. (Flash90)
February 20, 2019, 10:08 pm
Finance minister signs order to drastically raise tax on loose tobacco
Kahlon reluctantly approves hike from Thursday morning, after High Court rules that rolling tobacco and cigarettes should be taxed equally
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. A woman holding tobacco, January 25, 2017. (Flash90)
February 4, 2019, 8:38 pm
High Court calls on government to match tax on loose tobacco to cigarette tax
Decision a blow to Finance Minister Kahlon, who has resisted calls to hike cost; NGOs fete ruling as a ‘historic achievement’
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative. Cigarettes in an ashtray. (Yossi Zamir/ Flash90)
December 31, 2018, 10:26 pm
Knesset stubs out ads for cigarettes with ‘historic, life-saving’ law
Overcoming opposition, lawmakers pass bipartisan proposal for near-blanket ban on advertising for tobacco products
By Raoul Wootliff
MK Yehuda Glick speaks during a plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2018, 11:02 pm
After 25 days, MK calls off anti-tobacco hunger strike
Yehuda Glick says Finance Minister Kahlon continually ignores recommendations to bring loose tobacco tax in line with tax on cigarettes
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier holds a national flag as he smokes a cigarette near the Israel-Gaza border after his infantry unit left the Gaza Strip on January 18, 2009. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
June 22, 2018, 9:50 am
Tough laws can’t stub out Israel’s smoking habit
When it comes to cigarettes, Israelis behave more like their Middle Eastern neighbors than the West, despite efforts by health officials
By Charles Dunst
MK Yehuda Glick speaks during a plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2018, 1:16 am
MK vows to go on hunger strike until tax on loose tobacco is raised
Yehuda Glick says Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon continually ignores recommendations to bring tobacco tax in line with tax on cigarettes
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of people smoking cigarettes. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 10, 2018, 3:15 pm
Knesset moves to stub out ads for cigarettes and tobacco
Bipartisan proposal, which excludes print media, clears preliminary reading by massive 49-4 margin
By Marissa Newman
Israeli women smoke cigarettes while spending time at a cafe in central Tel Aviv. (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)
August 2, 2016, 11:30 pm
Israel medical conference quits cigarette company’s sponsorship
Philip Morris International, which makes Marlboro, confirms it was asked to withdraw from upcoming event in Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian man smokes a cigarette in the alleys of Jerusalem's Old City, on June 12, 2013. (Neal Badache/Flash90)
May 31, 2015, 12:30 pm
8,000 smokers die in Israel each year, report says
700 killed by secondhand smoke, according to Health Ministry; overall, habit is on the decline
By Avi Lewis
About a quarter of the weight smokers in the study gained was in muscle in mass, according to data analysis. (photo credit: Bodybuilder image
October 25, 2014, 6:02 pm
Quitting smoking may make you stronger, Israeli study says
Scientists find that smokers gain muscle, not just fat, after kicking the cigarette habit
By Andrew Tobin
A CollPlant tobacco hothouse, used for 'growing' human collagen. Collplant's technology was developed at Hebrew University and commercialized by Yissum (Photo credit: Courtesy)
October 13, 2014, 2:17 pm
In tech to make Ebola vaccine, Israeli firm was there first
Tobacco plants may be key to treating the dread disease – and Israel’s CollPlant knows more about ‘tobacco treatments’ than anyone
By David Shamah
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