Table 3.

HWL compliance measures as related to elements of countries’ laws.

Country	Warning type & location	Warning size	Warning text size	Warning label elements
Bangladesh	Text warnings on front and back of the pack	30% of the front and back	18 point font	Black text on white background or white text on black background
Brazil	Picture-based warning on back of the pack	100% of the back	Proportion and graphic parameters of images provided by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency must be unchanged	White text on black rectangular background
China	Text warnings on front and back of the pack	30% of the front and back	4 mm tall text	Color contrast between the text and background
Egypt	Picture-based warning on front and back of the pack	50% of the front and back	Not applicable	Text printed on black background; quit line and standard warning printed on yellow background
India	Picture-based warning on front of the pack	40% of the front	Warning must be 0.75 to 1 ratio of its vertical to horizontal length	Red and white text on black background
Indonesia	Text warnings on a “part of the package that is easily read”	Not applicable	3 mm tall text	Black text on background that is a shade of white with black border
Mexico	Picture-based warning on front and text warning on back of the pack	30% of the front and 100% of the back	10 point font on front; 9-11 point font on back	Yellow text on front and back; black background on back
Pakistan	Picture-based warnings on front and back of the pack	40% of the front and back	2 mm tall text	Black text on white background
Philippines	Text warnings on front of the pack	30% of the front	Text must comprise at least 50% of the warning	Black text on white background with black border
Russian Federation	Text warning on front and picture-based warning on back of the pack	30% of the front and 50% of the back	Not applicable	Black border on front and back; black text on white background on back
Thailand	Picture-based warnings on front and back of the pack	55% of the front and back	Size and positioning of text must appear as it does in examples provided by the Ministry of Health	Content must appear as it does in examples provided by the Ministry of Health
Turkey	Picture-based warning on front and picture-based warning on back of the pack	65% of the front and back	Not applicable	Black border on front and back; black text on back
Ukraine	Text warning on front and picture-based warning on back of the pack	50% of the front and back	Must occupy no less than 40% of the area within the black border of the health warning	Black text on white background with black border
Vietnam	Text warnings on front and back of the pack	30% of the front and back	2 mm tall text	Black text on white background