Over the past two years waterpipe smoking has emerged as a fast growing market segment of tobacco consumption. In Europe the smoking of waterpipes has become increasingly popular among young adults and is often their first contact with smoking. There is a perception among young adults that waterpipe smoking is less harmful as compared to cigarette smoking. Worldwide a lot of discussions and activities are in progress to measure and categorize waterpipe smoking. Testing however, is being completed in the absence of a standardised testing method and equipment, so any published results should be considered with this in mind.The topic of this poster is the development of a standardised procedure in combination with the technical difficulties relating to such a standardised smoking method. A description of the proposed procedure, as well as first results of smoke components is presented.