@article{TLCR3148,
author = {Jacek Jassem and Krzysztof Przewoźniak and Witold Zatoński},
title = {Tobacco control in Poland—successes and challenges},
journal = {Translational Lung Cancer Research},
volume = {3},
number = {5},
year = {2014},
keywords = {},
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.},
issn = {2226-4477}, url = {https://tlcr.amegroups.org/article/view/3148}
}