title: [Advertising, advertising legislation and health].
abstract: The media and specifically magazines and sunday supplements contain advertisements, some of which can be dangerous to one's health. We have investigated these types of advertisements, which were included in the 15 top sales magazines in Spain. The period of analysis corresponded to the period april-may, 1991. We have compared the results obtained with the results of a previous investigation carried our in 1987, using an identical method. We have tried to test if the so-called Law of Publicity of 1988 has had any effect on publicity. We have found, 1383 advertisements that could have a damaging effect on one's health. Although the total number of advertisements have decreased over this four year period, the law has hardly produced any influence on publicity, and we have found breaking of the law in the investigated material.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: López González
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nájera Marrondo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: López Mondedeu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Secall Mellén
authors.forename: M del O
authors.initials: Mdel O
authors.lastname: del Valle
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Donate Suárez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cueto Espinar
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Publicidad, legislación publicitaria y salud.