1. Writing Task 1
1.1. Rates of smoking in Someland
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph below.
You should write at least 150 words.
Allow yourself 20 minutes for this task.
The line chart describes the rates of smoking in men and women in The UK from 1960 to 2000. It is clear that the rates of smoking both in men and women are currently declining and that the number of male smokers has always been larger than that of female smokers during the period.
In 1960, 600 men in every 1000 was smoking. This number decreased gradually to 500 by 1975 and continued to go down but more steeply to 250 in 2000. In contrast, the rate of women who smoked in 1960 is much lower, which is only 80 per 1000. By 1965 this increased to 170 and then remained stable for about 5 year. After that, it was followed by a sharper rise to 320 between 1970 and 1975. It descended slightly to 280 in the following 15 years and then started to drop greatly in 1990, ending up at 200 by 2000.
In conclusion, we can see that the rate of smoking in men declined continuously throughout the whole period, while the rate of smoking in women increased until 1975 and then decreased for the rest of the period.