BAND 6.5 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLE: EVALUATING PEOPLE'S MOTIVATIONS AND TIMING FOR QUITTING SMOKING

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The tables below show people's reasons for giving up smoking, and when they intend to give up.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Essay Sample

The tables illustrate the reasons for quit smoking and the age that people stop smoking.

In an overview, the main reason that people stop smoking is that it's better for their health and also is more eco-friendly that you do not spend money on cigarettes. Most quitters helped themselves to stop smoking after 6 months and few people succeed to stop smoking in a month.

In top 5 reasons for giving up smoking, health concerns lead by 71 percent. The second place is for financial considerations with 31 percent followed by less risk of getting ill with 25 percent. Last two reasons for quit smoking are family pressure and health problems with 16 percent and 12 percent respectively.


If we look at the second table that is related to the time that smokers succeeded to quit, 35 percent of smokers gave up smoking in 6 months. 21 percent of them quitted in a year and only 12 percent of them gave up smoking in just a month. A total of 71 percent of smokers intended to give up and 29 percent could not give up smoking.