Poland

On the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day 2009, the WHO Country Office in Poland launched the Country Tobacco Control Report in Polish and English. This report provides an overview of the current tobacco control situation in the country but also provides the ways forward for the coming years. A summary of the M POWER Report in Polish was also launched at the occasion of WNTD.

An exhibition on pictorial warnings from different countries in the world opened in Warsaw on the 28th of May. This exhibition travelled around Poland for 3 months.

The current status of the tobacco epidemic in Poland

Poland was one of the countries that pioneered the tobacco control effort. This report presents the current spread of tobacco-smoking in Poland, including the health and social aspects, epidemiological data and economic, legal and political issues.