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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli Authorities Probe Large-Scale Smuggling Network Moving Goods Into Gaza
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
Decayed organs, ventilated smokers, and children enveloped in smoke

Israel mandates graphic warning images on cigarette, tobacco products

Israel is set to become one of the first countries in the world to mandate shocking images on cigarette packaging.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

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