Smoking prevalence in Hungary
Adult1 (18 years+), 1998-1999		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1997		Physicians3, 1995
Male	44 %	Male	9 %	Surgical specialities	41%
Female	27 %	Female	6 %	Non-surgical specialities	26 %

¹ Regular smoking measured by Central Statistical Office (KSH) and Dr. L. Pakozdi;
information provided by Dr. E. Podemaniczky, Head, Department of International Relations, National Institute of Oncology.

² Daily smoking; Currie, C. et al. (2000).
Health behaviour in school-aged children: a WHO cross-national study. Health Policy for Children and Adolescents Series No. 1. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

³ Current smoking among physicians working full-time at a large (1400 bed) county hospital;
Mark, L. et al. (1998). The change of attitude of Hungarian physicians towards the importance of risk factors of coronary heart disease over the period 1985-1996. Public Health, 112, 197-201.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Smoking- attributed deaths, all ages, 1955-1995 ^*





Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *
	Males	Females	Total
All Cancer	50.6 %	10.4 %	32.7 %
Vascular	25.8 %	7.3 %	16.1 %
Respiratory	65.9 %	42.3 %	56.7 %
All Other	9.7 %	4.7 %	7.6 %
All Causes	29.1 %	8.8 %	19.5 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
747,000	182,000	929,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Tablet

Dosage form	Regulatory status
Nicotine gum	Pharmacy Only
Nicotine Patch	Prescription Only Medicines
Bupropion

Source: M. A. Corrao, G. E. Guindon, N. Sharma, D. F. Shokoohi, eds. Tobacco control country profiles. Atlanta : The American Cancer Society, 2000. Published for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.


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