[Do antismoking campaigns fulfil their function?].

Smoking is a commonly recognized risk factor of civilization diseases. The number of damaging compounds, including carcinogenetic, inhaled by a smoker and exhaled, is directly proportional to a number of smoked cigarettes. Currently 32% of the Polish adult population smoke tobacco (38% males and 26% females), which is a serious social and healthy issue. The aim of study was to recognition opinions about an antismoking campaign as a motivation to quit smoking. Altogether 384 adults participated in the survey. 207 were smokers and 177 people who had quit. The results of the research show that antismoking campaigns must be organized and should rather inform about unhealthy effect than motivate to quit smoking. Only few of respondents change their attitudes and stop smoking thanks to conducted antismoking campaign.