Quitting by current smokers is therefore the only way in which tobacco-related mortality can be reduced in the medium term. An anonymous questionnaire containing questioners on the subject of the realization of problems connected with the tobacco addiction in the route of medical studies was carried amongst students of the 6th year of the Medical Department of Wroclaw Medical University in the academic year 2007/2008. 177 students took part in the study (64% of women, 34% of men). 72.4% of students came from cities with the population above 100 hundred of inhabitants. 8.5% of students isn't regarding the nicotine addiction as illness. 94.4% of students is claiming that problems concerning nicotinism were being brought up on the university. 81.7% of students is judging that he is able to give an anti-smoking advice to a patient. 89.8% of students think that every doctor should ask each patients opinion about smoking cigarettes independently of whether he is an ill or healthy person. It is surprising that persons not regarding nicotine addiction as illness are still amongst students of 6th year of the Medical Department. Not all examined also confirmed that they had met with discussing the problem of nicotinism during medical studies. Majority examined thinks that he is able to give an anti-smoking advice to a patient. Dominating percentage examined thinks that every doctor should ask each of patients' opinion about smoking cigarettes independently of whether he is an ill or healthy person. Knowledge is being passed down to students on the subject of nicotine addiction during main subjects realized during medical studies. However this knowledge seems insufficient in spite of high self-assessment of students.