title: Tobacco advertising and press coverage of smoking and health in 10 years of Argentinean newspapers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the extent and content of tobacco-related images, advertising and articles published in the largest Argentinean newspapers before and after a voluntary advertising ban implemented in 2001.
  
  
  METHODS
  Issues from four months of each year of the four main national newspapers were examined from 1995 to 2004. We recorded the number of tobacco images (advertisement or not), tobacco-focused articles, space used, and placement within the newspaper. Regression analyses evaluated time trends.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified 1800 images and articles from 4828 different issues. Non-advertisement images were the most frequent (71.2%), followed by articles (20%) and advertisement images (8.8%). Advertisements only appeared in the two best selling newspapers with a majority (57%) in the Sunday magazine and 21% in the sports sections. Non-advertisement images were published in the sports and entertainment sections (55%) and showed a public figure in 88%. Of 336 articles, 39% focused on health topics and 55% emphasized the negative effects of tobacco on health. Regression models showed that prior to 2001 there were significant time-related decreases in ad images and articles and significant increases in non-ad images. The trend of each outcome changed direction beginning in 2001 and the magnitude of the change in trend was significant for ad images and non-ad images. The number of non-ad images dropped significantly in 2001 from a model-predicted value of 178 per year to 103 non-ad images and remained constant thereafter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tobacco images exceeded information about tobacco hazards in Argentinean newspapers over this period. Advertisement increased from 2001 to 2005, following the voluntary advertisements ban. Partial advertisement bans are ineffective and a total ban is imperative.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Medicina Interna General, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barnoya
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gregorich
authors.forename: Eliseo J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Pérez-Stable
keywords: Argentina; Articles; Images; Media and newspapers; Tobacco advertising
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