Government Measures Drastically Reduce Smoking In Hungary

  • 20 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
Government Measures Drastically Reduce Smoking In Hungary
The number of smokers in Hungary has fallen dramatically thanks to government measures taken to protect non-smokers in the past few years, state secretary for health Miklós Szócska said. A recent survey shows that while 28% of the adult population used to smoke on a daily basis in 2012, that ratio dropped to 19% in 2013.

Government measures in recent years include a complete ban on smoking indoors in public buildings and their vicinities, as well as introducing a state monopoly on selling tobacco products to make it more difficult for young people to buy cigarettes.

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