Table 2.

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.