smoking

Is smoking cannabis actually healthier than smoking tobacco? – study

Cannabis plants can absorb heavy metals from their environments and transfer them to the person smoking them.

Teenage boys who smoke risk respiratory damage to future kids

People whose fathers smoked in their early teens had epigenetic markers associated with asthma, obesity, and poor lung function.

Smokers beware: Plastic surgery risks you need to know

Plastic surgeons caution against the risks of combining smoking with plastic surgery, urging smokers to quit for better outcomes and health.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv

A breath of fresh air, but new government plan to curb smoking doen't go far enough - editorial

Smoking among teenagers is on the rise, having increased to 23.6% in 2021. The rest of the world is traveling in the opposite direction.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv

High Court to hear case on gov't not stopping second-hand smoke dangers

Almost half of all Israeli households suffer from second-hand tobacco smoke from neighbors' apartments or balconies. Now, the High Court will hear the case against ministries for it.

Not only black lungs: Carpets retain a stubborn grip on pollutants from tobacco smoke

US Department of Energy study finds ozone generators are only partially effective at cleaning rugs exposed to cigarette toxins.

This week in Jerusalem: Money time

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

14/07/2023

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

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

israeli soldiers smoking cigarettes

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

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.

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