Qatar

Qatar is a member country of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). On August 9, 2011, the GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) adopted a standard, Labelling of Tobacco Product Packages. This standard includes a requirement for picture based health warnings to cover 50% of the package front and back, with an Arabic warning on the front and an English warning on the back. Once implemented, the standard will replace the 1994 GCC standard which required text-only bilingual (Arabic and English) warnings on the package front only. The graphic warnings will be mandatory on cigarette packages starting August 9, 2012.

Two picture warnings in the new standard are specifically designed for water pipe tobacco. The new standard also contains a specific ban on misleading terms including “light”, “mild”, “low tar”, “extra light”, “low” and similar terms.

Legislation and Regulations

Qatar’s Legislation Library

Health Warnings

2012 to Present**

GSO 2011 Constituents - toxic substances, death (Arabic)
Chemicals
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Constituents - toxic substances, death (English)
Chemicals
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 ETS baby - lived experience, baby, targets pregnant women (Arabic)
ETS – Baby
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 ETS baby - lived experience, baby, targets pregnant women (English)
ETS – Baby
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Death - early death, skull (Arabic)
Health Effects – Death
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Other - disease, cancer, cvd, fingers, gross (English)
Health Effects – Other
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Other - disease, cancer, cvd, fingers, gross (Arabic)
Health Effects – Other
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Death - early death, skull (English)
Health Effects – Death
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Other - shisha danger, snake image (Arabic)
Health Effects – Other
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Other - shisha danger, snake image (English)
Health Effects – Other
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Other - shisha health risk, gross (Arabic)
Health Effects – Other
Qatar
2012
GSO 2011 Health Effects Other - shisha health risk, gross (English)
Health Effects – Other
Qatar
2012

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