![Today in Focus artwork](https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/08/39/98/08399801-8951-2b03-3c7d-9cb92a972bda/mza_160015973574413898.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
How did Jordan end up with the highest smoking rate in the world?
Today in Focus
English - June 24, 2020 02:00 - 30 minutes - 35.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 649 ratingsDaily News News politics leadership health entrepreneurship news interview business entrepreneur culture comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Rethinking the police: what can the US learn from Newark?
When international correspondent Michael Safi began looking into why Jordan had become the country with the highest smoking rates in the world, he began to uncover what public health advocates have described as widespread interference in policymaking by multinational tobacco companies. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus