TY - JOUR
TI - Tobacco smoking in male and female population, Poland 1974–2004
AU - Zatoński, Witold A.
AU - Przewoźniak, Krzysztof
AU - Sulkowska, Urszula
AU - Mańczuk, Marta
AU - Gumkowski, Jakub
TI - Tobacco smoking in male and female population, Poland 1974–2004
AB - 
	On the basis of nation-wide randomized surveys, this paper analyzes patterns and trends of smoking prevalence in Polish adult (20+) population. In 1974, 62% of adult men and 19% of women smoked daily. In 1982, smoking rates reached the highest level ever observed in Poland (among Poles aged 20–39, 70-80% of men and  0-50% of women smoked daily). Percent of former smokers was low (15% for men, 6% for women). There was also big gender difference in prevalence of never smoking (15% in men, 70% in women). In the past two decades, substantial decline in smoking prevalence is observed. In men, decline in smoking rates (43% of daily smokers in 2000–2004), contributed to decrease in lung cancer mortality. In women, smoking rates have not changed since the mid-1980s and did not led to decrease in lung cancer mortality, however, there are three different age-specific time trends in smoking prevalence in female population.
VL - 2009
IS - Volume 7, Issue 2
PY - 2009
SN - 1731-7398
C1 - 2084-2627
SP - 4
EP - 11
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/article/palenie-tytoniu-w-populacji-mezczyzn-i-kobiet-w-polsce-w-latach-1974-2004
KW - tobacco smoking
KW - time trends
KW - adult population of Poland
KW - males and females