Mandatory Anti-Tobacco Advertisements for Visual Media

A dataset from the World Health Organization (WHO) concerning regulations for mandatory anti-tobacco advertisements in visual entertainment media. It documents policies requiring such ads when tobacco products, use, or imagery are depicted. The dataset supports global monitoring of tobacco control measures under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between `country` and the presence of a `mandatory_ad_requirement` flag to map global policy adoption.
• Model the relationship between `media_type` (e.g., film, television) and specific `advertisement_duration` or `placement_rules` mandated by regulations.
• Evaluate policy impact by joining with tobacco use prevalence data using `country` and `policy_effective_date` as keys.
• Text mine `legal_text` or `regulation_description` columns to classify policy stringency and enforcement mechanisms.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization, ensuring high credibility.
• Covers a globally relevant public health issue with policy data from multiple member states.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting reproducibility.
• Data may be incomplete if not all WHO member states report their regulations consistently.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from member state reports, legal documents, and policy surveys related to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Geography

Global (WHO member states)