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Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Stress, Smoking Rates Up among All Hospital Workers, Hebrew U. Study Finds

By Jewish Press News Desk

Working on Covid-19 frontline—even as hospital janitor or admin—negatively impacts mental health.

Israel / Health and Medicine

8,000 Israelis Die of Smoking Every Year, Including 800 Exposed to Secondhand Smoking

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The percentage of smokers in Israel is higher than the average in OECD states—Israel is ranked in 18th place from 44.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Stop Killing your Children: TAU Study Shows 70% of Smokers' Kids Suffer from Secondhand Smoking

By Jewish Press News Desk

Researchers tested children's level of exposure using a biomarker, nicotine in hair, which indicates cumulative exposure to tobacco smoke.

Business and Economy / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U. Exposes Tobacco Companies' Tactics to Bypass Regulators & Get Kids Hooked

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Israel’s Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz announced that he is committed to advancing tobacco legislation."

Government / Health and Medicine

On May 31 No Smoking Day Israel Announces 8,000 Die Annually from Tobacco Products

By Jewish Press News Desk

Among Israeli smokers, 26.7% reported that they smoked more since the outbreak of the plague; on average, an increase of 13 cigarettes per day was reported.

Israel / News Briefs / Judaism

MK and Police Discussing Making Marijuana Legal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Does the popularity of smoking grass mean that is good for the soul?

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Mother Smokes Cigarettes and Baby Swallows Them

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel provides new proof that cigarette smoking has a bad effect on children. A woman took her baby, age 18 months, to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa  Saturday night after the toddler chewed up and swallowed two cigarettes. The mother had left the room and left a package of cigarettes on the table. When […]

Israel / News Briefs

Israel’s Tax Hikes Help Cure Smoking and Drinking

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Want to stop smoking? Drink less alcohol? Ask your local government to raise taxes on cigarettes and liquor. It works wonders. Just ask Israelis.

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Kosher for Passover Cigarettes for the Jew Who Has ‘Everything’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Pst! Heard the latest “humras” for Passover. A group of Haredi rabbis put their seal of approval for Kosher for Passover cigarettes. Israeli’s chief rabbis respond: Poison is not kosher at any time.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VI

By Ruchama Feuerman

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