TABLE 1. Health warning labels on tobacco products in the WHO Region of the Americas, by sub-region, September, 2022.

COUNTRY	Type of product	Type	Location	Size		Rotation period	Number	Principal language/s	Message content areas					Quit info
				% of PDAs	Average				Health impact	Cessation advise	Addictive nature	Economic/social impact	Environmental impact
English-speaking North America
Canada	Cigarettes & little cigars	Pictures and Text	F	75	75	NS	16	English and French	√	√	√	-	-	Yes
			B	75
	Bidis	Text only	F	50	50		4		√	-	-	-	-
	SLT		B	50			4		√	-	√	-	-
United States of America	Cigarettes	Picture and Text	F	50	50	12 months	11	English	√	-	-	-	-	No
			B	50
	Cigars	Text only	F	30	30	NS	6		√	-	√	-	-
	SLT		B	30			4		√	-	√	-	-
Mexico, Central America, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean
Costa Rica	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	12 months	12	Spanish	√	-	√	-	-	No
			B	50
Cuba	AT	Text only	F	30	30 (a)	12 months	5	Spanish	√	-	√	-	-	No
			B	30
Dominican Republic	AT	Text only	L	NS		NR	1	Spanish	-	-	-	-	-	No
El Salvador	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	24 months	10	Spanish	√	√	√	-	-	Yes
			B	50
Guatemala	AT	Text only	F	25	12.5	NS	5	Spanish	√	-	-	-	-	No
			B	0
Honduras	AT	Picture and text	F	50	50	12 months	NS	Spanish	√	-	-	-	-	Yes
			B	50
Mexico	ST	Picture and text	F	30	65	12 months	4	Spanish	√	-	√	-	-	Yes
		Text only	B	100
	SLT	Text only	L	100		18 months	3		√	-	√	-	-
Nicaragua	AT	Picture and text	F	50	50	12 months	6	Spanish	-	-	-	-	-	No
			B	50
Panama	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	12-24 months	5	Spanish	√	-	-	-	-	No
			B	50
South America
Argentina	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	12-24 months	10	Spanish	√	-	√	√	√	Yes
		Text Only	B	50
Bolivia	AT	Picture and Text	F	60	60	NR	NS	Spanish	√	-	-	-	-	No
			B	60
Brazil	AT	Text only	F	30	65	5 months	9	Portuguese	√	√	-	-	-	Yes
		Picture and Text	B	100
Chile	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	24 months	4 pairs	Spanish	√	-	√	-	-	Yes
		Text only	B	50
Colombia	AT	Picture and Text	F	30	30	12 months	6	Spanish	√	-	-	-	-	No
			B	30
Ecuador	AT	Picture and Text	F	60	60	12 months	6	Spanish	√	-	-	-	-	Yes
			B	60
Paraguay	AT	Picture and Text	F	40	40	12 months	2	Spanish and Guarani	√	-	√	-	-	No
			B	40
Peru	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	12 months	2	Spanish	√	-	√	-	-	No
			B	50
Uruguay	AT	Picture and Text	F	80	80	12 months	4	Spanish	√	√	-	-	-	Yes
			B	80
Venezuela	Cigarettes	Text only	F	30	65	NS	12	Spanish	√	√	√	-	-	No
		Picture and Text	B	100
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Antigua and Barbuda	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	24 months	6	English	-	-	-	-	-	No
			B	50
Bahamas	Cigarettes	Text only	NS	NS		NR	NS	NS	-	-	-	-	-	No
Barbados	ST	Picture and Text	F	60	60	12 months	1	English	√	√	√	√	-	No
	SLT		B	60			1		√	-	-	-	-
Belize	Cigarettes	Text only	NS	NS		NR	1	English	-	-	-	-	-	No
Dominica	NR	-	-	-		-	-	-	-					-
Grenada	ST	Picture and Text	F	50	50	Up to 16 months	8	English	√	√	-	√	-	No
	SLT		B	50			4		√	-	-	-	-
Guyana	AT	Picture and Text	F	60	60	12-16 months	4	English	√	-	-	-	-	No
			B	60
Haiti	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-					-
Jamaica	ST	Picture and Text	F	60	60	12 months	8	English	√	√	-	√	-	No
	SLT		B	60			4		√	-	-	-	-
Saint Kitts & Nevis	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-					-
Saint Lucia	ST	Picture and Text	F	50	50	Up to 16 months	8	English	√	√	-	√	-	No
	SLT		B	50			4		√	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-					-
Suriname	ST	Picture and Text	F	50	50	18 months	6	English and Dutch	√	√	-	-	-	No
			B	50
Trinidad and Tobago	AT	Picture and Text	F	50	50	12 months	12	English	√	-	√	√	-	No
			B	50

PDA, principal display areas; AT, All tobacco products; ST, Smoked tobacco products; SLT, Smokeless tobacco products; F, Front; B, Back; L, Lateral; NR, Not required; NS, Not specified

^(a):HWL may also be 60% of one main PDA

Source: Prepared by the authors based on data from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids legislation database, available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org