| The present study confirmed the harmfulness of bidis in the causation of lung cancer. |
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| Traditionally, the Sabars made their living from selling firewood and leaves from kendu trees, used to make hand-rolled cigarettes, called bidis. |
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| Two new types of tobacco products that are increasingly being used by teenagers and young adults are cigars and small flavored cigarettes called bidis. |
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| Indus will target children employed in stone quarries, the handloom sector and in making bidis, brassware, leather, glass bangles, locks, fireworks, matches and bricks. |
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| The health effects section addresses a variety of tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, bidis, clove cigarettes, and hookah pipes. |
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| The child usually has a daily quota to fulfill, and must turn the rolled bidis in to the employer at the end of each day. |
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| Bidis are generally unfiltered and can have 28 percent higher nicotine concentration levels than cigarettes. |
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| The absolute number of male smokers in the country has increased to 105 million from 83 million in the last decade and cigarettes are displacing bidis in popularity. |
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| In addition, bidis are cheaper than conventional cigarettes and mimic the appearance of a marijuana cigarette, which are both believed to help increase its popularity. |
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| Cigarettes form only 15 per cent of tobacco consumption in India with bidis, chewing of tobacco and varieties of pan masala being consumed by the population. |
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| Bidis are small, hand-rolled cigarettes popular in India and Southeast Asia. |
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| Other smoking implements include pipes, cigars, bidis, hookahs, and bongs. |
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