"We hope the smoke-prevention law will be implemented in all public places in its entirety. "Larissa Al-Uar, from the activist group Tobacco Free Jordan, said the announcement was a "huge change". "We're happy, but we need to see strong implementation of the law. Without that, it will be a disaster. "We hope that connecting smoking and Covid-19 will have a positive effect," she said.Though it borders several countries with significant coronavirus outbreaks, Jordan's government has overseen one of the world's most successful Covid-19 responses, declaring earlier this week that the kingdom had effectively ended community transmission of the virus, and that public curfews and lockdowns would be scrapped.