Jump to full article: Jordan Times (jo), 2008-09-26
Author: Mohammad Ghazal
Intro: Several restaurants in Amman said Thursday a call by the Health Ministry to ban smoking will be difficult to implement.
The ministry has urged restaurants to voluntarily prevent smoking in line with the recently endorsed Public Health Law.
A statement by the ministry this week said the health authorities may, if the move proves futile, declare restaurants as public places, which means they will be subject to the provisions of the Public Health Law.
The legislation has been amended to prohibit smoking in public and private institutions and all public facilities. . . .
The law also stipulates that any person who is caught smoking at a public place is subject to a penalty of imprisonment
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