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The line graph compares changes in the rates of smokers between two genders in Homeland from 1960 to 2000. Overall, the smoking rate of men decreased considerably while the figure for women increased over the
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of 80 years. Despite some fluctuations, the percentage of male still remained higher than that of female. In the 1960-2000
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, the rates of smoking in Homeland witnessed a gradual decline in the case of men,
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gender was always the major consumer throughout the
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. The rate of male smokers accounted for 60% in 1960 and fell significantly to around 200 people per 1000 people in 2000, slightly higher than that of women. Over the same
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, the proportion of women who smoked in Homeland varied more remarkably than that of men.
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. Throughout the remainder of the
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, there was a progressive decline in the female rate, falling to exactly 20% at the end of the
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