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13th September 2023
Israel: Yesterday (12th September), the Health Ministry submitted its report on smoking in Israel 2022 to the Knesset (parliament). The report states that 3% of children in grades 5 and 6, and 10% of grade-10 teenagers had used electronic smoking products in the previous 30 days. It recommended stricter regulations, specifically regarding electronic nicotine products, to reduce the potential harm to public health. A few weeks ago, the Ministry of Health published for public comment new measures that would apply to all smoking and tobacco products, with the aim of curbing the use of alternative nicotine products among young people.21st August 2023
- Israel: Today, 21st August, the Ministry of Health published for public consultation a draft to amend the Tobacco Law. The proposal entails raising the tax on all tobacco and smoking products, applying the same taxation to the device itself, affixing a pictorial warning on all tobacco and smoking products, restricting the sale of tobacco to designated stores only and reducing the number of points-of-sale, banning the sale of tobacco to under-21s, and banning all flavours except tobacco. The consultation ends on 4th September.
8th August 2023
Israel: The National Authority for Community Safety has published a report on the use of “electronic smoking systems” as an alternative to traditional smoking, looking at how they work, the effects of nicotine on users, and the health risks associated with them. The report argues that such products are ineffective in smoking cessation and that users are more inclined to switch to regular smoking.
27th February 2023
- Israel: The Ministry of Health has submitted its study on the use of tobacco products for the year 2021 to the Knesset (parliament). The report states that 10% of teenagers use e-cigarettes or heated tobacco, with rates at 9.2% among men and 4.0% among women. The report also criticises the beneficial tax regime compared to cigarettes, claiming that it only increases the usage and will eventually lead to a smoking epidemic.
2nd November 2022
Israel: With most votes counted after yesterday’s general election, the Likud party led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared set to unseat premier Yair Lapid and return Netanyahu to power. Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc, which includes the Religious Zionist Party (RZP), the conservative United Torah Judaism (UTJ), and the religious Shas party, has a more negative approach to vaping and new tobacco products than the outgoing government, as shown by the policies implemented in its previous terms of office.
2nd June 2022
- Israel: The Knesset (parliament) has given the final approval to the Bill on Restriction on Advertising and Marketing of Tobacco and Smoking Products. This new regulation will progressively restrict the only permitted forms of advertising heated tobacco: written advertisements. In the first stage, over the next three years, print media adverts will have to carry a bigger health warning, doubling the size of the ad itself. Once this three-year period comes to an end, the maximum advert size will be reduced by 25% each year over the following four years. Once the four-year period is over (which would be seven years from now), printed advertisements for those products will be completely banned.
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