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February 14, 2001 

  

AMMAN--(AP) - Jordan's Health Ministry has intensified its anti-smoking campaign, expanding a list of public places banned for smokers, an official said Monday.


The new regulation must be endorsed by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Abu-Ragheb, Zeid Kayyed, the Health Ministry's secretary-general, said.


Under the ban, airports, banks, conference halls, taxis, buses and other means of public transportation will be completely off-limits to smokers, Kayyed told The Associated Press.


Smoking will only be allowed in designated areas at restaurants, coffee shops, movie theaters, Internet cafes and universities, Kayyed said.


He said violators - whether individuals or institutions - will be punished by up to one year in jail and a fine of 200 Jordanian dinars (dlrs 280).


In the last four years, the government has banned smoking in public offices and aboard flights of its national carrier, Royal Jordanian, to short destinations and to the United States.


Official statistics show that more than 45 percent of Jordan's 4.6 million population have smoked at least once in a lifetime. At least 30 percent of the total - mostly teen-agers - are regular smokers of cigarettes and water pipes.


Queen Rania, the wife of Jordan's King Abdullah II, is an ardent opponent of smoking. She has sponsored several anti-smoking rallies and seminars in the last two years.



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