[Measures in the campaign against smoking and their efficacy according to the results of a 3-year observation under the conditions of a district polyclinic].

Examination of 4185 men aged 30 to 59 years, carried out within the framework of investigations into multifactorial prevention of coronary heart disease enabled one to establish that the number of tobacco-smokers among that group men amounts to 45.1%. The percentage of tobacco-smokers appreciably decreases with age.

[Epidemiologic aspects of tobacco smoking in connection with its clinical course among men aged 20-69 years living in Kiev].

An epidemiological study was carried out among 1500 men aged 20-69 years in order to study the prevalence of risk factors of coronary heart disease. 51.1% of the men turned out to be tobacco-smokers.