Poland
Date of Implementation: 2010
Bars and restaurants: Incomplete ban. Restrictions in force, but notable exemptions allowing smoking areas
Workplaces: Complete ban, but with ventilated smoking rooms permitted*
Public transport: Complete ban
*Enforcement of the law is an issue. According to a May 2010 eurobarometer survey, in 2009 only 61% of those working indoors said that they were never or almost never exposed to tobacco at the workplace.
Useful Links:
English translation of the law
L Joossens and M Raw, The tobacco control scale: a new scale to measure country activity
Contact:
Professor Witold Zatonski MD PhD, Director, Division of Cancer, Epidemiology and Prevention Department, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Cancer Centre and Institute, 5 Roentgena Street, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland. E-mail: canepid@coi.waw.pl