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
Israel thwarts West Bank smugglers
Taxes on tobacco and cigarettes estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels
41 MKs pass cannabis decriminalization bill
Tobacco advertisement bill also passes first reading.
Ministers stymie effort to ban tobacco advertising
Knesset Economics Committee chairman Eitan Cabel said the government was “addicted to working for the tobacco companies.”
MK Yehudah Glick embarks on anti-smoking hunger strike
The hunger strike will coincide with the Knesset’s no-smoking day on Tuesday.
State Comptroller blasts Health Ministry for poor management under Litzman
In his report, Joseph Shapria said Deputy Minister Ya'acov Litzman and senior officials promote smoking, among other shortcomings.
Litzman says Health Ministry will prevent free smokes at Meron
Last year at least one tobacco company set up a huge tent at Meron.
Jpost Health and Science Editor wins award for fight against smoking
2,000 Israelis die each year of lung cancer, most of them from smoking or exposure to others’ smoke.
Preliminary Knesset reading bars tobacco ads on web but not newspapers
Some 8,000 Israelis who smoke or are exposed to smoke die per year, and the cost of treating victims of smoking costs billions of shekels annually.
Knesset approves bill to restrict tobacco advertising on Internet
The bill was put up for a vote in the committee due to the demand of Knesset Member Glick.
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.”