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An ashtray with cigarette butts. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth Asharq Al-Awsat
Already saddled with one of the world s highest rates of smoking, Jordan has seen the numbers lighting up soar since coronavirus restrictions began last year, sparking fears of a double epidemic.
Mounir Shana, who sells hookah waterpipes in the capital Amman, was rarely seen without a cigarette dangling from his lips even before the crisis.
But draconian restrictions imposed by the government have increased his intake. I ve been smoking more and more for the past year because of the psychological pressure of lockdowns, said 24-year-old Shana, lighting a fresh cigarette from the butt of his previous smoke as he talked.
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30/04/2021 - 03:54 Jordan has one of the highest rates of tobacco smokers in the world, with 70 percent of men lighting up Khalil MAZRAAWI AFP 4 min
Amman (AFP)
Already saddled with one of the world s highest rates of smoking, Jordan has seen the numbers lighting up soar since coronavirus restrictions began last year, sparking fears of a double epidemic.
Mounir Shana, who sells hookah waterpipes in the capital Amman, was rarely seen without a cigarette dangling from his lips even before the crisis.
But draconian restrictions imposed by the government have increased his intake.