Tobacco
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.
WATCH: IDF thwarts attempt to smuggle tobacco disguised as food aid into Gaza
Cost of cigarettes in Gaza skyrockets to NIS 100 amid smuggling operation scandal - report
Israel mandates graphic warning images on cigarette, tobacco products
Tobacco is being used as key ingredient in some coronavirus vaccines
"If you wanted to be cynical about it, you could. But we tend to think of it as like at the end of the day, the tobacco plant in and of itself is still just a plant."
Meet the Wealthiest Cigar Prodigy from Morocco, Moulay Omar Zahraoui
Powered by his passion and fearless attitude to create a trend of sorts for his highest-quality cigars in the world, Moulay has created his own niche in the tobacco industry.
Hebrew U. finds tobacco companies using loopholes to market to teens
Earlier in the year, new legislation concerning the marketing of tobacco products went into effect, which focuses on a prohibition of the display of tobacco products.
Human trials of tobacco plant-based COVID-19 vaccine begin
Medicago's potential vaccine uses the leaves of a plant from the tobacco family to produce the S-spike protein, one of the three spike proteins of the novel coronavirus.
Canadian company Medicago develops plant-based coronavirus vaccine
The company has developed a unique method of creating a vaccine by letting plants do the work. "We're using plants as mini factories," said Natalie Charland, a senior director at Medicago.
Tobacco company may produce coronavirus vaccine
British American Tobacco recently announced that it is working on a potential vaccine for coronavirus through its US biotech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP).
Tobacco epidemic at turning point as male smoking rates stall - WHO
The change in global smoking trends shows that governments' efforts to control tobacco are working "to save lives, protect health, beat tobacco," the WHO said in a report.
Next step in tobacco marketing ban to hit next week
This phase includes a new list of provisions intended to prevent aggressive promotion of tobacco products.
Police seize hundreds of kilograms of smuggled tobacco
The tax the smugglers tried to avoid when sneaking the tobacco in the country would have been more than NIS 1 million.
High Court deals another setback to smoking, tobacco industries
Additional restrictions will kick in in June and in January 2020.
