Nargila Tobacco to Receive Warning Label

Nargila (Hookah), the favored vice of bored shopkeepers, and increasingly popular pastime of Israeli teenagers, may begin leaving smokers with a guilty conscience in the coming weeks, if a law requiring that Nargila tobacco be labeled with the same warning stickers as cigarettes pushes through the Knesset.

(Pictured: The warning labels currently affixed to cigarettes.)

(Translations, clockwise from top left: Cigarettes hurt your physical fitness; Cigarette smoke hurts your children and those around you; Smoking causes premature aging of facial skin; Each cigarette brings 43 carcinogenic substances into your body.)

Now if only the Knesset would pass laws prohibiting smoking in public places.  And if they did, if only this nicotine craving society would respect it.

Israel’s World Class Surfing

A study released by comScore Networks has revealed that, hour for hour, Israeli web surfers spend more time on the web (37.4 hours per month) than anyone else in the world, save for Canadians. This constitutes a significant drop from last year’s survey, when it was reported that Israel came in at #1, with the average surfer spending a whopping 57.5 hours on the web per-month.

I definitely do my share to keep the average up.