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Halakha Jewish law addresses a number of topics applicable to tobacco and cigarette smoking. These include the health impacts of smoking; the permissibility of smoking on holidays and fast days, and the impacts of second-hand smoke on other people. Until the late 20th century, the use of tobacco for smoking and in the form of snuff was common among Jews. It is speculated that a Jew named Luis de Torres , who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his expedition in , settled in Cuba , learned the use of tobacco, and introduced it into Europe. From this time Jews were connected with the trade in tobacco. As early as the 17th century, rabbis debated various halachic issues which arose in connection with tobacco use, particularly its permissibility on Shabbat , holidays , fast days , and whether a blessing must be recited before use. Gombiner referred to the "drinking of tobak [tobacco] through a pipe by drawing the smoke into the mouth and discharging it," and was undecided on whether a smoker should first make a blessing over smoking as a type of refreshment. Benveniste expressed himself very forcibly against smoking tutun tobacco on Tisha BeAv , and reportedly excommunicated a Jew who smoked on that solemn fast-day. Writing in Turkey , an Islamic country, Benveniste further argued that smoking on fast days is Chillul Hashem a defamation of God 's name , because Muslims refraining from smoking on fast-days would see Jews smoking on theirs.
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Introduction: Ultra-orthodox Jews compose a segregated group that struggles to preserve its centuries-old way of life by strictly adhering to the Jewish religious law in every aspect of life. Their health habits were infrequently studied to date. We sought to determine the smoking prevalence and to find its significant correlates in the ultra-orthodox Jewish population of Israel. Methods: The study was conducted in a cross-sectional design of men as smoking prevalence among ultra-religious women was found to be negligible in previous studies. Following a random ultra-orthodox households sampling and a phone survey, a total of adult men were recruited. Results: The age-adjusted smoking prevalence was
About one-fifth, or The Health Ministry said Wednesday it has set a dramatic goal of pushing that figure down to Israeli smokers are increasingly looking to quit, the report says.
