Smoking prevalence in Poland
Adult1 , 1998		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 1995
Male	39 %	Male	9 %	Males	24 %
Female	19 %	Female	5 %	Females	16 %

¹ Regular smoking;
Zatonski, W.A. (1999). Poland's comprehensive tobacco control law and its effects on public health. Warsaw: Tobacco Control in Central and Eastern Europe (Conference Abstract Book).

² Daily smoking;
Currie, C. et al. (2000). Health behaviour in school-aged children: a WHO cross-national study. Health Policy for Children and Adolescents Series No. 1. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

³ Regular daily smoking;
information provided by Martyna Kuptel in the WHO European Region's Tobacco Questionnaire 1996/1997.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung cancer	91.2 %	60.7 %	86.3 %
All Cancer	50.0 %	7.1 %	31.9 %
Vascular	25.1 %	4.5 %	14.7 %
Respiratory	56.9 %	23.2 %	44.9 %
All Other	13.3 %	3.6 %	9.4 %
All Causes	28.6 %	5.3 %	17.8 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
1,800,000	200,000	2,000,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Dosage form	Regulatory status	Comments
Nicotine gum	Pharmacy Only	Advertised; change to OTC status forthcoming
Nicotine Patch	Pharmacy Only	Advertised
Bupropion Tablet	Prescription Only Medicines

Source: M. A. Corrao, G. E. Guindon, N. Sharma, D. F. Shokoohi, eds. Tobacco control country profiles. Atlanta : The American Cancer Society, 2000. Published for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.


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