Stubbing out the cigs

19th November 2011

One Million people have tried to quit according to new stats

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One year on after the amended smoking laws were introduced and it is believed that approximately 1 million people throughout the country have decided to quit.

“What is interesting is that since the new regulations came into play, 1 million have broken their habit,” says Krzysztof Przewozniak Deputy Director of Warsaw’s Centre for Cooperation with the WHO on TVN.

“In total about 11 percent of Poland’s smokers have either tried to stop or have managed to give up completely. Maybe some will go back, but even to try in the first place is an achievement.”

Statistics released by the centre state that one year on from the amendments and 62 percent of Poles support the laws. ...

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