Jordan's health ministry has said smokers in the kingdom spend JD360m a year on tobacco products, while smoking-related diseases cost the country almost the same amount, Jordan Times has reported. According to figures from the World Health Organisation, 46% of Jordanians are smokers. Furthermore, local statistics show that 26% of male students and 15% of female students aged between 13 and 18 are smokers, while 26% of male university students and 7% of female university students smoke.