 Jaffee appeared in a full-page ad for Camel cigarettes in 1934, entitled "It Takes Healthy Nerves for Jaffee to be the World's Champion Skater; Steady Smokers Turn to Camels".Jaffee was elected to the United States Skating Hall of Fame in 1940 and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.He died in San Diego in 1981.