Tobacco

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.

 Decayed organs, ventilated smokers, and children enveloped in smoke
 Changing human skeletons. Tobacco.

Tobacco changed human skeletons, researchers say

 IT’S HARD to believe that we still need to have a discussion about smoking tobacco, the writer laments.

Tobacco company advertises products differently in Israel, depending on demographic - study

 Se trata de la primera prueba física del consumo de cannabis en la era moderna no sólo en Italia, sino también en Europa, señaló el equipo.

High before the low: Cannabis increases risk of severe COVID-19 - study


New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations

New Zealand is combating the purchase of cigarettes - with one of the harshest measures in the world.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv

Hearth site in Utah desert reveals human tobacco use 12,300 years ago

Until now, the earliest documented use of tobacco came in the form of nicotine residue found inside a smoking pipe from Alabama dating to 3,300 years ago.

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Tobacco sellers target youth and circumvent regulations - study

Tobacco shops are shown to be setting up in close proximity to schools * Companies try to find ways to get around the ban of advertising tobacco.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv

Study that found COVID less likely for smokers retracted for tobacco ties

A study which alleged that cigarette smokers are less likely to contract COVID-19 was officially retracted after it was discovered that two of the writers had direct ties to the tobacco industry.

Cigarettes and ashtray, illustrative

Philip Morris sells death while speaking of 'smoke-free world' - opinion

Saying ‘if I wouldn’t sell this deadly product, somebody else will,’ is comparable to what could have been said by IG Farben, the supplier of Zyklon B to the gas chambers.

Illustration of cigarettes in an ashtray.

Israel's 2020 health and environment report, released by Health Ministry

The report examines the challenges in various environmental areas that affect health.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv

Tobacco firm Philip Morris dreams of 'smoke-free world,' says Israel CEO

Philip Morris Israel CEO Roi Amit says he's here to lead change.

PURSUING A ‘smoke-free future’: CEO Roi Amit.

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."

Nicotiana benthamiana plants are pictured at Medicago greenhouse in Quebec City, August 13, 2014.

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.

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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.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv