Category of WT policy* | Description | Included countries* |
1 | The tobacco product definition includes WTS. | Azerbaijan, Chad, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, India, Iraq, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Moldova, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Serbia, Vietnam, Yemen. |
2 | The tobacco product definition includes WTS and they specifically address WTS in all or some articles. | Afghanistan, Bahrain, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, United Arab Emirates. |
3 | The tobacco product definition includes WTS. However, they specifically focus on other tobacco products in some articles, which intentionally exclude WTS. | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Wales. |
4A | The policy has a generic definition of tobacco products that does not specifically include WT but there are specific decrees or legal notices related to WT. | Brazil, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Syria, Thailand. |
4B | The policy has a generic definition of tobacco products that does not specifically include WT but specific clauses within the policy address WT. | Estonia, Egypt, Ireland, Nigeria, Norway, Uganda, Ukraine. |
*The table includes 45 (not 47) countries. Lebanon and Mauritius are not categorised as they do not even define a tobacco product in their laws and therefore are outside of this categorisation.
WT, waterpipe tobacco; WTS, waterpipe tobacco smoking.