Analysis of Coverage of Tobacco Hazards in Women's Magazines
Analysis of Coverage of Tobacco Hazards in Women's Magazines
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女性杂志烟草危害报道分析
DOI：
10.2307/3342095
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发表时间：
1981
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
B. A. Mosher
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作者：
E. Whelan;M. Sheridan;K. Meister;B. A. Mosher
c 仅在美国存在一种与 ming 相关的疾病。这些事实对于公共卫生领域的专业人士来说并不奇怪。但他们可能并不为公众所熟知。杂志是外行人获取健康信息的重要来源。然而，正如 R. C. 史密斯 (R. C. Smith) 在 1978 年《哥伦比亚新闻评论》(Columbia Journalism Review) 的一篇文章中所指出的那样，大多数杂志对吸烟危害这一特定健康主题的报道非常有限。这一一般规则的例外是一些不接受香烟广告的杂志。近年来，吸烟的女性人数显着增加，尤其是在青春期早期开始吸烟的年轻女性。这一趋势反映在当前的癌症统计数据中，显示女性中与吸烟相关的癌症（尤其是肺癌）的惊人增加。此外，女性还面临着与香烟相关的特殊健康危害。吸烟者比不吸烟者更年期更早。吸烟的口服避孕药使用者面临特殊的健康风险。而且，根据 1979 年卫生局局长的报告《吸烟与健康》，“自然流产、胎儿死亡和新生儿死亡的风险随着母亲怀孕期间吸烟水平的增加而直接增加。”吸烟者比不吸烟者更容易生出早产儿和低出生体重儿。美国科学与健康委员会 (ACSH) 将吸烟和女性健康作为首要关注焦点。十二家主要女性杂志重新报道了吸烟的危害
c A ming-related diseases in the United States alone. These facts come as no surprise to professionals in the field of public health. But they may not be as well known to the general public. Magazines are an important source of health information for the layman. Yet, as R. C. Smith suggested in a 1978 article in the ColumbiaJournalism Review, coverage of this particular health topic, the hazards of smoking, is very limited in most magazines. The exceptions to this general rule have been a few magazines which do not accept cigarette advertising. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of women who smoke, especially young women who start smoking in their early adolescent years. This trend is reflected in current cancer statistics, which show an alarming increase in smoking-related cancers, particularly lung cancer, among women. In addition women have special cigaretterelated health hazards. Smokers have an earlier menopause than nonsmokers. Oral contraceptive users who smoke face special health risks. And, according to the 1979 Surgeon General's report, Smoking and Health, "the risk of spontaneous abortion, of fetal death, and of neonatal death increases directly with increasing levels of maternal smoking during pregnancy." Smokers also give birth to premature infants and low birth-weight infants more frequently than nonsmokers. The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) has selected smoking and women's health as a primary focus of concern. The coverage of the hazards of smoking in twelve major women's magazines was re-