Student received monetary compensation for the fact that she had to breathe tobacco smoke in a restaurant April 21, 2007 (Israeli news).

Tel Aviv Small Claims Court awarded compensation in the amount of 2000 shekels student of Tel Aviv University for what she had to breathe tobacco smoke in a restaurant Agadir on the territory of Tel Aviv port. Compensation for the restaurant owners should pay, not banned smoking in their establishment. According to a court order, a student owed compensation, although it was unable to prove that the presence in a room filled caused her any harm. The student came to the restaurant with two friends, and although it was not in the Hall plate, which prohibits smoking, agreed that there is not smoke - in accordance with the law prohibiting smoking in public places. When visitors began to light one after the other, a girl became actively protest, but sought only that the visitors otsazhivalis smokers away from it. Then she left the restaurant and soon filed a complaint with the court. Activists smoking movement Dyshat "clean air" saying that the court's decision will encourage people to file lawsuits against the owners of establishments do not prohibit visitors to smoke and thus violating a law prohibiting smoking in public places. Under the law, owners of restaurants, coffee shops and other such establishments have the right to allow smoking only in specially designated closed, and a well-ventilated area, and an area reserved for smokers, could not be more than one quarter of the total area establishments. In all eating and drinking establishments should hang plaques "No smoking". The first judicial precedent of imposing a fine of 1000 shekels for a restaurant owner, not banned smoking occurred in Israel in 2005. The current case - just a second: non-smokers rarely Israelis are trying to assert their rights through the courts.