American University of Beirut in Lebanon serves as the designated WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub for problems related to waterpipe tobacco smoking. The Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking (WTS) Knowledge Hub (KH) serves as a World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). This KH website addresses the growing concern about the increasing prevalence and potential health effects of WTS.

The main goals is to educate the public about the dangers of WTS with scientific information, to dispel misconceptions about safety, and to urge the regulators to undertake effective control measures on WTS.