Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8 4216 The sample of the study consists of relatively higher SES employed and married women. All of the participants were employed in university settings where policies are present that restrict smoking to designated areas only. However, most respondents were unaware of these policies to address SHS exposure in their workplace. Nearly half of the sample (48%) indicated that there was no policy or they did not know if there was a smoking policy. This lack of knowledge and the apparent lack of enforcement of anti-smoking policies contribute to the women’s extensive SHS exposure. Nearly two-thirds (60%) of participants reported living with a smoking husband and/or other family members who smoke. Almost all respondents reported that their spouses/ family members smoked inside the homes and that smokers consumed an average of 23 cigarettes a day for almost six days a week. An impressive number (71.7%) reported that they routinely associated with people who smoke. Men typically have higher rates of smoking which leads to higher levels of household SHS exposure among non-smoking women and children [12]. Similar findings have been documented in studies of SHS exposure among Jordanian women and children [6]. The findings presented here are consistent with these earlier studies as well. This study shows that educated Jordanian women can also lack sufficient knowledge, positive attitudes about SHS exposure and then effectively avoid SHS exposure in their private and public lives. Others have documented that women effectively reduce smoking in the home for the benefit of their children. However, their scope of impact is often limited to the household setting [12]. Living with smokers has a negative impact on a non-smoker’s practical ability to avoid to SHS exposure [15]. Likelihood of exposure can be compounded when families are not aware of the danger of exposure, or the adverse health consequences of SHS exposure to children in the household. Jordanian women are no exception. In spite of educational level and knowledge of SHS risks, SHS exposure was prevalent among their children too (92.2%). In addition, most women (74.1%) thought that distancing themselves from smokers within the same area was effective in reducing SHS exposure, but this is not entirely correct. Only 100% smoke free places are sufficiently protective against the hazards of SHS exposure [3]. From a social perspective, Jordanian women are not fully empowered in Jordanian society; the gender gap in families is notable. For example, the World Economic Forum publishes a Global Gender Gap Index; in 2010 Jordan ranked the 120th among 134 countries surveyed [16]. Considering the social and cultural aspects of Jordanian society, it is not surprising that women have difficulty negotiating for smoking restrictions in the home and in the workplace. This is only compounded by the fact that smoking is an addictive substance. Thus, male smokers in Jordan are culturally and physically resistant to smoking restrictions. In lower socio economic classes, this is expected to be prominent as families are often more culturally conservative and more traditional. This is consistent with the finding that SHS exposure was more common in home settings than elsewhere (see Figure 1). Likewise, Hughes and colleagues [17] reported that SHS was encountered by 31% of respondents during a typical day. Among those exposed, the most common exposures occur at work and home. Jordan prohibits smoking in public places and workplaces, but compliance with the anti-smoking laws is extremely poor in most locations, perhaps because more than half of the Jordanian men smoke. Also, little is known in the general population about the actual dangers of SHS exposure at any given level and the right practices to avoid it [18]. Advocacy for the right interventions to avoid exposure to SHS should be initiated among the Jordanian society as a whole. The benefit from that is twofold, first