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BIDI SMOKING: Bidis kill 6,00,000 people in India every year. 

idi smoking is one of the largest killers in India than all other forms of tobacco combined. While there are various campaigns and awareness drives against cigarette smoking, no one seems to be mentioning bidis, which apparently is the biggest killer.

Bidis kill 6,00,000 people in India every year. Nearly 85 per cent of the world's bidi tobacco is grown in India. According to a study done by the Health Ministry that finds 70 per cent of tobacco smoked in the country is in the form of bidis.

The states with maximum bidi smoking are Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

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