[Cigarette smoking among the unemployed registered with Poznan District Employment Office].

The aim of this paper was to present the incidence and causes of smoking among those currently unemployed, and to show changes, if any, resulting from their continued joblessness. The analysis was based on the results of 1,068 surveys taken in 2007 among the unemployed registered with the District Employment Office in Poznan. It was found that cigarette smoking among the unemployed remains high and is associated with the respondents' gender, educational background, economic status and duration of unemployment. Severity of smoking increased more often for those unemployed on a short-term basis, with a number of smoked cigarettes per day more likely to decrease for those in medium- and long-term unemployment. Respondents quoted two equivalent reasons for smoking: wanting to have a cigarette and frustration.