Brakuje świadomości o POChP

"We have much work to do to raise public awareness of the fact that cigarette smoking and environmental pollution cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is a serious, fatal disease and one of the leading causes of mortality. This lack of awareness is understandable, as we live in a country lacking health education," said Professor Tadeusz Zielonka of the Medical University of Warsaw, Vice-Chairman of the Obstructive Lung Diseases Section of the Polish Respiratory Society. "Kurier Medyczny" spoke with the expert during the 6th edition of the Priorities and Challenges in Polish and European Drug Policy conference.