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Why does Israel's top cigarette-maker want people to stop smoking?

Philip Morris International wants Israelis to stop smoking cigarettes, and move toward alternatives like vaping — but Israeli tax regulation is standing in the way of the shift.

|ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv
Illustration of cigarettes in an ashtray.

Philip Morris sells death while speaking of 'smoke-free world' - opinion

Saying ‘if I wouldn’t sell this deadly product, somebody else will,’ is comparable to what could have been said by IG Farben, the supplier of Zyklon B to the gas chambers.

|ByAMOS HAUSNER, YAEL BAR ZEEV
PURSUING A ‘smoke-free future’: CEO Roi Amit.

Tobacco firm Philip Morris dreams of 'smoke-free world,' says Israel CEO

Philip Morris Israel CEO Roi Amit says he's here to lead change.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Marlboro HeatSticks for iQOS are placed next to champagne bottles at a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2017.

Cigarettes sales to be phased out by Philip Morris Int within 15 years

The cigarette manufacturer has recently gained FDA approval to market its IQOS tobacco heating device.

|ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS

‘Philip Morris wants to help a billion people stop smoking’

“I agree that young people should not have access to this product, but it’s extremely important that adults do,” explained Olczak.

JUNE 3, 2019ByHAIM ISEROVICH
A CUSTOMER holds a Philip Morris iQOS e-cigarette at an iQOS store in Tokyo last year

Equalization on cigarette and iQOS taxes pleases health oranizations

Philip Morris is not quite as happy

JANUARY 16, 2018ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
EQUAL TAXATION. Philip Morris’s iQOS heated electronic cigarette. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Big Tobacco Co.'s lobbying tactics in Israel exposed

The tobacco giant has specifically been found to have manipulated tobacco legislation in Israel and several other countries.

JULY 16, 2017ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Silhouetted Israeli soldiers from the Home Front Command Unit take a smoking break during an urban warfare drill inside a mock village at Tze'elim army base in Israel's Negev Desert June 11, 2017