[00:01.90]As is shown in the bar chart, the total production of tobacco in the world
[00:07.09]shrank from 14.364 billion pounds in 1994 to 14.2 billion pounds in 1995.
[00:18.25]According to the figures given in the pie chart, tobacco consumers account for 20% of the world population.
[00:26.87]This causes great harm to us.
[00:29.60]Financially, it results in a yearly loss of 200 billion US dollars spent on cigarettes.
[00:36.53]Physically, about 3 million people on the globe die from smoking-related diseases every year.
[00:43.71]Faced with such a threat, people from all walks of life have tried various measures for a total tobacco ban.
[00:50.92]For one thing, health experts try hard to warn the public of the dangers involved.
[00:56.89]For another, the authorities have passed laws to limit tobacco production and consumption
[01:02.95]raised tobacco taxes and prohibited smoking in public places.
[01:07.85]More importantly, the public launch campaigns to cut smoking.
[01:12.38]On the basis of the analyses above, we can predict the future tendency confidently.
[01:18.50]With the further growth in economy and more changes in life style,
[01:22.53]the tendency of tobacco consumption indicated in the table, will definitely decrease in the years to come
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