Table 1.
English-language African media items on tobacco industry corporate social responsibility programmes, 1998–2013 (n = 288).
| Variable | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
| News source | ||
| Newspaper | 278 | 96.5 |
| News wire | 4 | 1.4 |
| Web site | 6 | 2.1 |
| Story type | ||
| News | 256 | 88.9 |
| Editorial or op-ed | 31 | 10.8 |
| Letter to the editor | 1 | 0.3 |
| Country or regiona | ||
| Africa | 1 | 0.3 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 0.7 |
| East Africa | 2 | 0.7 |
| Eritreab | 1 | 0.3 |
| Ghana | 11 | 3.8 |
| Kenya | 25 | 8.7 |
| Malawib | 5 | 1.7 |
| Namibia | 1 | 0.3 |
| Nigeria | 99 | 34.4 |
| Pan-Africa | 1 | 0.3 |
| Rwanda | 19 | 6.6 |
| South Africa | 30 | 10.4 |
| Tanzania | 29 | 10.1 |
| Uganda | 45 | 15.6 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 4.9 |
| Tobacco company | ||
| British American Tobacco or subsidiary | 219 | 76.0 |
| Local tobacco company | 28 | 9.7 |
| Tobacco industry in general | 22 | 7.6 |
| Multiple companies | 17 | 5.9 |
| PMI | 1 | 0.3 |
| Imperial Tobacco | 1 | 0.3 |
| Types of CSR programmes mentioned | ||
| Environment | 76 | 26.4 |
| Education | 69 | 24.0 |
| Community development | 68 | 23.6 |
| CSR activities in general | 49 | 17.0 |
| Arts funding | 35 | 12.2 |
| Social/green reporting | 31 | 10.8 |
| Disease preventionc | 22 | 7.6 |
| Job creation | 21 | 7.3 |
| Combating child labour | 19 | 6.6 |
| Youth smoking prevention | 19 | 6.6 |
| CSR-related award/recognition | 16 | 5.6 |
| Combating illicit trade | 12 | 4.2 |
| Disaster relief | 6 | 2.1 |
| Harm reduction | 2 | 0.7 |
| Smoking cessation | 2 | 0.7 |
a
Indexed media in eight countries with English as an official language – Botswana, Gambia, Liberia, Mauritius (which banned tobacco industry CSR in 2008), Sierra Leone, Sudan, South Sudan (an independent country in 2011), and Swaziland – did not cover tobacco industry CSR initiatives.
b
Not an FCTC signatory.
c
Including HIV/AIDS programmes.