SMOKING IN DECLINE AMONG ISRAELIS:

A study published by New Wave Research revealed that only 15% of Israeli adults are smokers – a decline compared to similar previous studies. Published ahead of this year’s World No-Tobacco Day, the study was commissioned by the Israel Society of Pulmonology (ISP). The numbers revealed that 24% of Jewish Israelis began smoking at age 16, 3% began smoking at 12, 12% began smoking at 20, and 5% began after the age of 30. Among the non-smokers, 71% had never touched a cigarette, 12% stopped smoking over a decade ago, and 4% stopped smoking a year ago. (Arutz-7)