Waterpipe tobacco product health warning labels and WHO FCTC compliance
| Country source and number of packs obtained | Health warning label | Are there misleading descriptors on the pack? | Compliance with WHO FCTC Article 11 | |||
| Size as % of surface area of package (average for all packages) | Location | Rotating? | Pictorial | |||
| Bahrain 10 packs | <30% | One side only | No | No | Yes | No |
| Canada 1 pack | <30% | One side only | Can't determine if rotating | No | No | No |
| Dubai 8 packs | <30% | One side only | No | No | Yes | No |
| Germany 1 pack | 30% | Front and back | 2 different messages on the front and back; can't determine if rotating | No | No | No |
| Jordan 6 packs | <30% | One side only | No | No | Yes | No |
| Lebanon 39 packs | <30% | One side only | No | No | Yes | No |
| Palestine 3 packs | <30% | Front and back | 2 different messages on the front and back; can't determine if rotating | No | No | No |
| South Africa 2 packs | <30% | Front and back | 2 different messages on the front and back; can't determine if rotating | No | No | No |
| Syria 4 packs | <30% | One side only | No | No | Yes | No |
Countries are listed in alphabetical order. Article 11 requires health warnings to occupy at least 30% of front and back of packages. Since we measured percentage size of total surface area the size is only used as a proxy measure. Conclusions regarding country compliance are based on the samples obtained for the study. For Canada, Germany, Palestine and South Africa, we cannot determine if warnings are rotating since we only obtained a small number of packages.