Alcohol consumption remains the leading cause of morbidity and premature mortality of young and middle-aged adults in Poland. Both vodka and beer consumption levels have increased in Poland in the last 15 years due to alcohol tax decreases and lax marketing laws. In 2008 the Polish spirits industry began promoting a new format of vodka drinking-small vodka bottles (SVBs). This article outlines the rapidly growing popularity of SVBs and their impact on alcohol consumption patterns in Poland. It also suggests some reasons underlying the growth of the SVB market, including easy availability, wide range of choices, convenience, and low prices. It concludes with a call for independent research that could help better understand, and effectively address, this new phase of Poland's alcohol epidemic.

The aim of the article is to examine the relationship between social class, gender, and aging. The author discusses the outcomes of existing quantitative research and a number of in-depth interviews conducted by the author in 2012 in Warsaw and two other cities in the Mazovia Province. In the course of the article the practices of elderly people will be presented successively in terms of class, gender, and seniority. The theoretical binder is provided by Bourdieu’s practice theory, in particular the concept of three class relational social structure, notions of habitus, forms of capital, and symbolic violence. The number of interviews is too small to draw general conclusions from, but is an exercise in sociological thinking about these three qualities in Bourdieu’s terms.

W artykule wskazuję różnice pomiędzy Foucaultem i Deleuze’em w definiowaniu i odgrywaniu roli filozofa-intelektualisty. Tłem dla analizy jest opis specyficznego usytuowania filozofa w polu akademickim pomiędzy uniwersytetem, gdzie nie może osiągnąć wyższej pozycji, a działaniem publicznym w roli intelektualisty. Tekst skupia się na tym, jak wyobrażenia o tym, kim jest filozof jako myśliciel i jako „intelektualista zaangażowany”, współgrały z napięciami i przeobrażenia w polu tej dyscypliny w XX wieku.

This article explores the complex intersection of public health issues, media responsibility, and determinants of policymaking. In particular, it considers the problematic nature of the attempts to monetise life expectancy in the public debate in Poland. While calculating pensions on the base of the expected lifespan of citizens is a widely accepted economic practice, it is methodologically fraught, and ethically controversial to use the same measures in reporting the problem of premature mortality in national media. This article emphasises the necessity of taking a holistic and comprehensive approach to public health issues both by the media, and by policymakers. Referring to the Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework the authors argue that population health is a crucial factor shaping sustainable socio-economic developments in Poland and the quality of life of its citizens.