Smoking

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
Discarded cigarettes; Illustrative.

International 'No Smoking Day' highlights the dangers of tobacco

On International No Smoking Day - and every day - there’s an opportunity to pause and ask: is it worth inhaling this again?

|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

This week in Jerusalem: Money time

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

JULY 14, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
THE 2023 overall municipal budget: A record-breaking NIS 14.4 billion.

Israel could save 79,000 lives in 25 years - here's how

HEALTH AFFAIRS: Dr. Gary Ginsberg reveals his plan to make Israelis healthier.

JUNE 24, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
NAHAL SOLDIERS share cigarettes near the Gaza Strip. ‘We know from the world that not everyone will stop smoking – probably only 3%-4%. If 4% of the 7,000 people who die yearly from smoking are saved, that is already 300 people per year,’ says Dr. Gary Ginsberg.

1.1 billion smokers remain worldwide on 'World No-Smoking Day'

Israel Cancer Association warns that almost every hour, one Israeli dies from diseases caused by active or passive smoking

MAY 30, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Silhouetted Israeli soldiers from the Home Front Command Unit take a smoking break during an urban warfare drill inside a mock village at Tze'elim army base in Israel's Negev Desert June 11, 2017

Vapes may have dangerous 'Nice Guy' drugs, THC - Israeli Health Ministry

Synthetic drugs called ADB-BUTINACA and MDMB-4en-Pinaca, part of the Nice Guy “family” of synthetic drugs, have been identified in these products, Israel's Health Ministry said.

MAY 29, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A person is seen vaping (Illustrative).

Smoking on your balcony? You're still endangering your children - study

A new Israeli study from Tel Aviv University found that even outside, six out of 10 children are at risk of being harmed by tobacco smoke.

APRIL 3, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Cigarettes distributed to Haredi children on Purim

The Israel Cancer Association denounced the distribution of cigarettes to children at a Purim gathering of Hassidim with their rabbi in the city of El’ad.

MARCH 8, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Cigarette packets highlighting the health risks of smoking shown at a convenience store in Tzfat, northern Israel, December 20, 2019.

Significant increase in number of smokers in detoxification programs - report

The Ministry of Health reported that in 2021, Israel saw an 18% increase in smokers trying to get help to quit their habit.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Cigarette packets highlighting the health risks of smoking shown at a convenience store in Tzfat, northern Israel, December 20, 2019.

Gov't is speaking from both sides of its mouth on smoking

Finance Minister Smotrich lowered the e-cigs tax, while Health Ministry officials stress their toxic effects on health but 'do nothing serious.'

FEBRUARY 23, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Religious Zionist leader MK Bezalel Smotrich.

Seven tips that reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's has become one of the leading causes of death and it will only increase. Is it possible to stop this development and if so, how?

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByDR. DALIT DREMAN-MEDINA/WALLA!
Alzheimer's disease (illustrative).

This smart necklace can help you kick your deadly tobacco habit

It may look like jewelry, but it’s tracking your every puff and can prevent relapse after one quits smoking.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
SPECIAL-EDUCATION children’s drivers should not be smoking in the shuttle.