Almost half of all Israeli households suffer from second-hand smoke coming in from neighbors’ apartments or balconies

A new study from the School of Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University estimates that almost half the Israeli population suffers from second-hand smoke (SHS) penetrating their homes, mostly from smoking neighbors. The study also found that only 1 of 4 families who suffer from smoke infiltrating their homes complain about it to the smoking neighbor, homeowner, or building committee.