Although the tendency among ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Jews, including teachers, rabbis, parents, and institutions, to present boys with cigarettes on the Purim holiday and their bar mitzvah has lessened, the deadly practice still continues. The practice is meant to show the boys that “they have become a man” or to do unaccustomed things on the holiday. […]
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Following the demand of the Knesset Finance Committee, a representative of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told the committee on Thursday that he no longer is opposed to equalizing taxation on electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) with that on regular cigarettes. The finance minister stated that the minister is not opposed to comparing the taxation on electronic cigarettes […]
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When Agudat Yisrael MK Yaakov Litzman was health minister several years ago, he asked why he refused to require the printing of graphic images of black lungs, yellow teeth, scar tissue on a man’s chest after surgery for lung cancer, and the like on cigarette packets, and he said: “It will scare children and youths.” […]
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Besides all the disorders caused by smoking – cancer, heart disease, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) and more – it has now been found to shrink the brain, raising the risk of premature dementias like Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It has been known for some time that there are […]
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