[The battle against smoking in different population groups]

The article describes the measures against smoking in the former USSR. The authors stress an actual upgrade of antitobacco propaganda in many cities. Besides lectures and discussions different modern forms and methods of medical and educational influence are engaged: exhibition of children drawings on this theme, non-smoking days, antitobacco weeks, etc. A questioning of 5087 citizens of Moscow was carried out in order to study the spreading of smoking among the population. For example the number of smoking pupils of the 9-10th form is 22.7% among schoolboys, and 12.0% among schoolgirls. As for adult population: 64.5% of men and 21.6 of woman are smokers. The data which were obtained could be used for studying the efficiency of state program on prophylaxis and struggle against smoking.