the packages include recommendations concerning the underlying determinants and risk factors for example tobacco inappropriate use of alcohol physical inactivity and mental health that focus inter alia on inequity in health the recommendations in these packages is only consultative but the packages have been well received by the municipalities and the government has funded a new health prevention center which will provide the municipalities with advice and guidance on implementing the prevention packages municipalities and regions have established ad hoc projects to address risk factors in low socioeconomic groups the focus of the majority programmes on prevention is to some extent appropriate given the disease categories that contribute to inequity in mortality see above and given that smoking and obesity show socioeconomic gradients similar to those in mortality and morbidity mackenbach diderichsen et al