[Smokers' motivation to quit smoking].

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 smoking and motivations to quit. Altogether 384 adults participated in the survey. 207 were smokers and 177 people who had quit. Author contrasted two groups of the respondents to find out the differences. For the both groups the most important motivations to smoking cessatiom were healthy reasons independent of sex, age and education.