Abstract
Passive smoking is often one of the main causes of early death in many countries, Poland including. The present anti-nicotine strategies should also include other solutions that consider the protection of nonsmokers from involuntary smoking and altering the behaviours of active smokers into more responsible forms aside the primary prophylaxis of tobacco addiction and counseling for smokers. The authors suggest a modifi cation of the so called “Minimum Anti-nicotine Intervention” strategy and inclusion of recommendations that would affect reduction of passive smoking.
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