[Medical and legal aspects of smoking].

Tobacco is known worldwide for several thousand years. Smoking is the strongest and most common type of addiction. The harmful effect of tobacco on the human body leads to the development of cancer, respiratory, cardiovascular, skin diseases. It was also noted adverse effects of tobacco on inflammatory and immunologic phenomena. Taken numerous legal actions aimed at reducing the negative health effects among smokers as well as measures to reduce exposure to tobacco smoke of people from the surroundings.