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