Table 1 Comparison of tobacco abuse between Polish and English program students.

n

177

66

52

28

Coming from a big town

95

44

29

19

Coming from a small town

64

21

18

6

Coming from a village

18

0

5

3

Non-smokers

68.7%

60.6%

61.5%

50%

Episode of smoking in lifetime

19.9%

12.1%

30.8%

21.4%

Smokers

20.1%

27.3%

7.7%

28.6%

Smokers for (years)

4.2

4.6

5.7

4.2

First experience with cigarette smoking, min.

13

13

13

14

First experience with cigarette smoking, average

16

15

16

17

First experience with cigarette smoking, max.

20

20

20

21

Average number of cigarettes smoked per day

9.3

10.8

10.8

8.8