Smoking gun in Jordan’s toy story

Jordanian authorities closed three coffee shops during the first quarter of this year for violating the Public Health Law, which bans smoking in public places, according to a story in The Jordan Times quoting the Petra news agency.

Fatima Khalifah, head of the Health Ministry’s tobacco control department, said that, in addition, liaison officers had issued fines against the owners or operators of 21 premises during field visits to ensure the enforcement of the law.

The premises included restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, tobacco stores, car rental offices and toy shops.