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Bidi A short history [1]

Bidi is a leaf-rolled cigarette made of coarse, uncured tobacco, tied with a string at one end. Bidis (beedis or biris) dominate the smoking market of India

Publication Date: 
25/05/2009
Pranay Lal [2]
Current Science [3]
96
10
1335
Tags:
Tobacco [4], Health Effects [5], Health [6], Cottage Industry [7], History [8], Mahatma Gandhi [9], India [10]
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