The first graph compares three countries the United States, Japan and Holland in terms of the proportion of people who smoked everyday from 1960 to 2000. The second graph shows the amount of alcohol consumed by a person in three different countries namely The US, Holland and Turkey.
Overall, the percentage of smokers in each country decreased over the period given whereas the figure for alcohol consumption for each country remained at similar level except Holland. It is clear that a higher percentage of Hollanders and Japanese people smoked everyday in comparison with Americans and the alcohol consumption was much lower in Turkey.
In 1960, Holland had the highest percentage of smokers, at nearly 60% followed by Japan at about 47% and the USA at around 40%. Over the following 20 years, smoking in the USA fell more quickly than in the Japan, reaching to 43% of the population. By 2000, 38% of Hollanders and Japanese people were smokers compared to only 20% of Americans.
On the other hand, there were no changes in the levels of alcohol consumption in Turkey and the USA. The consumption level for Americans was between 8 to 10 litres, whereas around 2 litres of alcohol was consumed by Turkish people. By contrast, the figure for Holland rose significantly to roughly 10 litres in 2000 before jumped to a peak of 11 litres in 1980.