Nonsmoking establishments certified

The King Hussein Cancer Foundation and the King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC) is due to start issuing “smoke-free zone” certificates to institutions that ban smoking in all their indoor facilities, according to a story in The Jordan Times quoting a KHCC official.

The certification program aimed to highlight the efforts of institutions committed to the Public Health Law, which prohibited smoking in public areas, said Rasha Bader, head of planning and project management at the KHCC’s Cancer Control Office.

The program aimed also to create “positive incentives” for others.

Participation in the program is open to restaurants, cafés, schools, hospitals and companies with a minimum of 80 employees, in addition to commercial complexes and malls, according to Bader.

Eligible institutions should be smoke-free since their establishment or for a minimum of nine months from World No Tobacco Day, which is marked annually on May 31.