Firas Hawari, head of pulmonology services and the intensive care unit at the King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC), said that Jordan tops Arab countries in the number of its smokers.

Hawari said in a press conference celebrating the No Smoking Day that the percentage of smokers above 18 years of old in Jordan has reached 29%, smokers between 13 and 15 years of old reached 13.6%, and women smoking Sheesha percentage reached 12% in compare with 10% for men.