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ArticleJournal of public health policy2017

Waterpipe product packaging and labelling at the 3rd international Hookah Fair; does it comply with Article 11 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control?

Mohammed Jawad, Andrea Darzi, Tamara Lotfi, Rima Nakkash, Ben Hawkins, Elie A Akl

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Article in Journal of public health policy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Toxicity of waterpipe tobacco smoking: the role of flavors, sweeteners, humectants, and charcoal.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mohammed JawadDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. mohammed.jawad06@imperial.ac.uk.
Andrea DarziClinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tamara LotfiClinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rima NakkashDepartment of Health Promotion and Community Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Ben HawkinsDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Elie A AklClinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Funding

Tobacco Companies, Public Policy and Global HealthR01CA091021 · NCI · U OF L LONDON SCH/HYGIENE &TROPICAL MED · PI LEE, KELLEY · 2001 to 2018
$5.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA091021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed compliance of waterpipe product packaging and labelling with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control's Article 11. We evaluated samples collected at a trade fair against ten domains: health warning location, size, use of pictorials, use of colour, and packaging information on constituents and emissions. We also evaluated waterpipe accessories (e.g., charcoal) for misleading claims. Ten of 15 tobacco products had health warnings on their principal display areas, covering a median of 22.4 per cent (interquartile range 19.4-27.4 per cent) of those areas. Three had pictorial, in-colour health warnings. We judged all packaging information on constituents and emissions to be misleading. Eight of 13 charcoal products displayed environmentally friendly descriptors and/or claims of reduced harm that we judged to be misleading. Increased compliance with waterpipe tobacco regulation is warranted. An improved policy framework for waterpipe tobacco should also consider regulation of accessories such as charcoal products.

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Water Pipe SmokingHumansInternational CooperationProduct LabelingProduct PackagingTobacco Use CessationHealth warningsSmokingTobaccoWaterpipe

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PMID28630401
PMCPMC5697717

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