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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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