Introduction. The epidemic of tobacco smoking remains one of the most important challenges in public health. It is
associated with premature death. For this reason, the Act of 9 November 1995 on the Protection of Public Health against
the Effects of Use of Tobacco and Tobacco Products, as amended on 15 November 2010, implemented significant additional
restrictions on smoking in public places.
Objective. The objective of this study is evaluation of the impact of smoking regulations on social behaviour and attitude
to the legal forms of tobacco control, due to the new smoke-free policy.
Materials and method. A secondary statistical analysis of third party data was used in the study. The material was obtained
from the Public Opinion Research Centre. Polls are conducted among representative samples of about 1,000 adult inhabitants
of Poland. The studies on cigarette smoking were carried out in 3 editions (2010, 2011, 2012).
Results. The collected data on tobacco smoking before and after implementation of the Act show that the number of
smokers remained at a comparable level – about 30% (p=0.891).
Between 2010–2012, an increase was observed in the percentage of people supporting the smoking ban in public places.
The total number of people who definitely or rather supported the smoking ban increased from 75.6% in 2010 to 85.0% in
2012 (p<0.001).
Conclusions. The restrictive smoking ban in public places implemented in 2010 did not have an impact on the number of
smokers in the studied time interval, although an increase in the number of people supporting the smoking ban in public
places was observed.
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