In Amman, Jordan, officials want to look to underlying causes to address high smoking rates.
Mervat Al-Mherat, the city manager and deputy for health and agricultural affairs for Amman, says stress was identified as an underlying cause of her city's high smoking rate. Melanie Leigh Wilbur
Public health campaigns in cities have long focused on changing individual behaviors: Don’t smoke. Use a condom. Don’t drink and drive.
But public health leaders from around the world are starting to acknowledge that the scope of their work must extend to underlying factors that cause risky behaviors.
