[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[01:29.53]