Tobacco

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
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
Israeli Authorities Probe Large-Scale Smuggling Network Moving Goods Into Gaza

Prosecutors file new Gaza smuggling indictment as state seeks detention through trial

According to the indictment, the four defendants operated in an organized, repeated pattern to move trucks loaded with prohibited goods into Gaza outside the authorized mechanism.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Tobacco seized by the IDF that was being smuggled into Gaza.

WATCH: IDF thwarts attempt to smuggle tobacco disguised as food aid into Gaza

Hundreds of kilograms of tobacco hidden in canned food products were seized at the Kerem Shalom crossing, prompting COGAT to suspend the company’s permit to bring aid into Gaza.

|ByJAMES GENN
CIGARETTES ON display at a convenience store in Safed carry warnings that smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke and other harm to smokers and their children.

Cost of cigarettes in Gaza skyrockets to NIS 100 amid smuggling operation scandal - report

"Sometimes the cost reaches thousands of shekels," a source told Walla, explaining that the skyrocketing cost is due to decreased supply and high demand. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Treasury pulls out of Knesset session on tobacco taxes

“More than 8,000 Israelis die each year because of tobacco, but the government dillydallies on a life-and-death matter.”

DECEMBER 4, 2017ByJUDY 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

Even years later, nicotine memories may lead to alcoholism

Researchers found that “memories” of nicotine cause long-lasting changes in the brain.

NOVEMBER 9, 2017ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Smoking

Health Minister met with British-American Tobacco reps, lobbyists

Health ministers and other senior government officials are not supposed to meet with tobacco lobbyists.

OCTOBER 4, 2017ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Ya'acov Litzman