Places visited by the National Preventive Mechanism in 2011 this establishment. Therefore, in the rooms in question, refurbishment works were limited to the removal of sharp edges of tables and stools, and equipping the sanitary area in curtains ensuring intimacy. A general refurbishment will be possible only after the Voivodeship Headquarters in Poznań gets adequate funds for the purpose. Referring to the recommendation of the National Preventive Mechanism to carry out general refurbishment in PDR in Tarnów, Municipal Police Commander in Tarnów stated that the Voivodeship Police Headquarters in Kraków approved the refurbishment project, taking into account all the recommendations of the Mechanism. Deputy Poviat Police Commander in Oleśnica informed that a refurbishment of rooms for the detainees and of the admission room was done, and that sharp edges were removed from tables in the rooms. With reference to Zawiercie PDR, the Director of Logistics Bureau of the General Police Headquarters informed that in Katowice Voivodeship Police Headquarter’s budget for this year of PLN 300,000 was earmarked for general refurbishment of the establishment. The Voivodeship Police Commander in Olsztyn has informed in a letter that actions have been taken to implement the recommendations concerning the PDR in Elbląg. From the letter it resulted that implementing the NPM’s recommendations would consist in running repairs due to the lack of funds for an overall refurbishment. Some renovation works have been planned – painting of walls and ceilings in all rooms and installation of missing lavatories, washing basins and taps. Discharge chimneys have also been cleared. In the opinion of the Mechanism, the scope of refurbishment works undertaken by the managements of individual establishments has confirmed that these entities have for several years been underfunded by state budget. In as many as 18 visited establishments109, the employees of NPM encountered irregularities related to the use of tobacco products by the detainees. Permitting the detainees to smoke guarantees, in the opinion of the Mechanism, peace and security in PDRs. In the case of smokers, the stress resulting from being detained, placed in a PDR and uncertain as to the further legal situation can be efficiently relieved precisely by smoking a cigarette. The visits carried out in PDRs in 2011 have shown that the possibilities to use tobacco products in individual PDRs vary. In the opinion of the Mechanism, the lack of uniformity in the procedures applied in individual Police units in this scope may result from the amendment of the Ordinance of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 14 September 2001 on the rules governing the admissibility of using tobacco products in the premises subordinate to the minister competent for internal affairs110, and from the resulting difficulty in interpreting provisions concerning the right of detainees to smoke tobacco in PDRs. It should be noted here that this right is provided for in §11(9) of the Rules of Procedure concerning the stay of persons placed in rooms for detained persons or persons  PDRs: Poznań-Stare Miasto, Olesno, Żyrardów, Tarnów, Oleśnica, Chojnice, Sochaczew, Kalisz, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Oława, Drawsko Pomorskie, Sanok, Gorzów Wlkp., Lublin, Łódź – lack of designated space to use tobacco products by the detained; PDRs: Bydgoszcz, Sławno, Kętrzyn – prohibition of the use of tobacco products by the detained. 110  Dz. U. of 2001 r. No 106, item 1163. 109 63