Cigarettes

Teen e-cigarette use surpasses regular cigarettes for first time, Health Ministry report finds

The report further highlights the extent of exposure to secondhand smoke. According to the data, 28.9% of Israel’s Jewish population and 48.5% of its Arab population are exposed to secondhand smoke.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Man smokes a cigarette (illustrative).
Man smokes a cigarette (illustrative).

The reason why smokers arrive too late to the doctor

Years of social messages, nicotine addiction, and a sense of shame cause many smokers to distance themselves from medical treatment.

|ByDR. INBAL SHAFRAN
Cigarette boxes with an affixed, self-made cigarette label displaying graphic images (R) and those with the original label are pictured in the shop of tobacconist and kiosk owner Janine Schulzki in Berlin

Israel climbs tobacco rankings as cigarette affordability raises concerns - study

Israel improved its standing in the international anti-smoking index, but the report found that one of the most effective tools for reducing smoking, higher prices, has weakened.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
The method that will make you simply not want a cigarette

The method that will make you simply not want a cigarette

A broad review of studies found that short physical activity reduces the craving for a cigarette immediately after the workout and for up to 30 minutes.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

Ministers stymie effort to ban tobacco advertising

Knesset Economics Committee chairman Eitan Cabel said the government was “addicted to working for the tobacco companies.”

JULY 8, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Smoking

Doctors: ministries, PM ‘do nothing’ to prevent addictive JUUL in Israel

In response, the Health Ministry said in a bill), electronic cigarettes can be declared equivalent to tobacco products so that all existing and new restrictions will apply.

MAY 17, 2018ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Smoking