On May 22, 2024, the Ombudsman for Human Rights (Ombudsman) in cooperation with NGOs, in particular the Brain Disease Foundation, organized a seminar entitled "Smoking problem - smoking addiction and challenges for anti-smoking policy." The meeting was aimed at discussing the effects of nicotine addiction and proposed measures to reduce this problem in Poland.
The RPO pointed to the lack of a long-term and consistent anti-smoking policy in Poland, which contributes to the high number of deaths related to tobacco-related diseases - about 83,000 people a year, equivalent to the population of a city the size of Jelenia Gora. Statistics show that 28.8% of Poles smoke daily, and this number is growing, especially among children and adolescen...
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