Israel’s Health Ministry has introduced new rules. Cigarettes and vapes will carry graphic warnings showing the dangers of smoking and second-hand smoke. The new rules will also require information on smoking cessation services to help smokers get support.
Key points:
1. Israel’s Ministry of Health has introduced new regulations requiring graphic warnings on tobacco products, making it one of the first countries in the world to implement such regulations for vapes.
2. Graphic warnings include photos of diseased organs, smokers using respirators, and children surrounded by parents smoking.
3. The new regulation requires information on smoking cessation services to help smokers obtain smoking cessation support.
Israel’s Health Ministry pushes new rule: vape packages need to carry image warnings
According to Jpost on March 6, to curb smoking. Israel’s Health Ministry has required graphic warnings to be printed on cigarette packages. The images included photos of diseased organs, smokers using respirators, and children surrounded by parents smoking.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health published a draft that would require graphic health warnings on tobacco products in addition to existing text warnings. These warnings are intended to demonstrate the health damage caused by smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke. The new rules will apply to a wide range of tobacco products, including cigarettes, vapes, hookahs, and chewing or snuff.
Under the new rules. Israel will become one of the first countries in the world to require graphic health warnings on e-cigarettes and their components.
In addition, the new regulation requires labeling of information on smoking cessation services and directing users to inquire about smoking cessation services provided by the Ministry of Health hotline or health fund.
“This is a major initiative aimed at reducing the appeal of tobacco products and preventing youth addiction,” said Israeli Health Minister Uriel Busso.
Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of the Department of Public Health, noted that the warning images were approved in consultation with ultra-Orthodox representatives and encountered no religious or legal objections.
