title: Tobacco control in Poland-successes and challenges.
abstract: For many years, tobacco smoking was the major single avoidable cause of premature mortality in Poland. In the 1970s and 1980s, Poland was a country with an extremely high prevalence of smoking and lung cancer mortality among men in the world. By 1990, over 40% of Polish men died prematurely from smoking-attributed diseases. However, the enforcement of comprehensive tobacco-control measures and programs based on the World Health Organization recommendations and the best practices from other countries, contributed to a spectacular decrease of smoking incidence, particularly in men. This led to dramatic decrease in lung cancer incidence and mortality, and to a substantial improvement in public health in Poland. This article reviews the achievements of tobacco-control in Poland over the past decades and points out current challenges in this field.
authors: 1 Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland ; 2 Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Jacek
authors: J
authors: Jassem
authors: 1 Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland ; 2 Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Przewoźniak
authors: 1 Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland ; 2 Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Witold
authors: W
authors: Zatoński
keywords: Poland; Tobacco control; successes and challenges