Millions Saved: Curbing Tobacco Use in Poland
2007
This case describes the groundbreaking tobacco control legislation passed by the Polish Parliament in 1995. By the end of the 1990s the number of smokers had declined from 14 to 10 million. The legislation required that the cigarette packs include warnings—the largest worldwide—about the ill effects of smoking, and included bans on smoking in health centers and enclosed workspaces, electronic media advertisement, and tobacco sales to minors. Health education campaigns and the "Great Polish Smoke-Out" also raised awareness about the dangers of smoking and encouraged Poles to quit.
This case study is part of Millions Saved, a collection of case studies produced by the Center for Global Development that describes successful examples of large-scale efforts to improve health in low- and middle-income countries, as well as promising interventions that fell short of their health targets when scaled-up in real world conditions.
Millions Saved: Curbing Tobacco Use in Poland
Source:
Levine R. Curbing Tobacco Use in Poland. Center for Global Development 2007. http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-14-curbing-tobacco-use-poland.