WHO slams Poland’s fight against smoking

6th November 2009

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Cigarettes in Poland are too cheap and the government doesn’t do enough to combat smoking, says a preliminary report from the World Health Organization (WHO).

In a damning criticism of government efforts, WHO inspectors slammed Poland for its ineffective anti-smoking campaigns, half-hearted legislation and low priced cigarettes.

“Only in Bulgaria are the prices of tobacco products lower than in Poland,” Anna Koziel from the Polish branch of WHO told Gazeta Wyborcza.

The inspectors had been in Poland for two weeks checking up on what central and local governments are doing to reduce the number of smokers in the country.

After meeting with over 100 hundred politicians, scientist ...

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