Table 1

Theme of smoking-related articles from 2000 to 2008 in China

Themes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total
Health	10	23	13	28	31	40	134	185	71	535^*
Government law/policy/regulation	7	1	3	4	10	13	17	21	127	203^*
Tobacco prevention/cessation program	18	9	4	21	11	26	54	71	72	286^*
Affiliated organisation news	2	1	2	4	5	11	24	32	96	177^*
Negative social effects	1	1	1	3	4	10	10	21	27	78^*
Other	5	1	3	11	7	21	12	11	16	87^*
Total	43	36	26	71	68	121	251	341	409	1366^*