Tobacco consumption, which is partly behind the world’s highest lung cancer mortality rate among Hungarian men, has declined markedly since the mid-1990s, but remains at a high level, exceeding the OECD average. The government has recently taken steps to curtail tobacco and alcohol consumption by increasing excise taxes in November 2011, and introducing a smoking ban in public places, effective from 1 January 2012. Around two-thirds of Hungarian men and half of women are overweight or obese (Figure 4.2). High blood pressure affects close to 30% of those aged 25-64 years and type two diabetes affects approximately 10% of the population (HCSO, 2009).