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[Canada] Bidi and Hookah Use Among Canadian Youth: Findings From the 2010 Canadian Youth Smoking Survey [FREE FULL TEXT]
Although bidi use has not changed significantly among Canadian youth, the increase in hookah use warrants attention. Understanding the factors associated with use of bidis and hookahs can inform the development of tobacco use prevention programs to addres
May 9, 2013
Preventing Chronic Disease (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC)
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May 17, 2013 13:12
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[Bangladesh] Bidi workers protest discriminations between bidi and cigarette
Increase in taxes on bidi would hamper the sector including women employment, bidi workers of different factories claimed yesterday. From a view exchange meeting on “Diary of Bidi workers” in the capital’s CIRDAP auditorium, speakers made the comment an
May 5, 2013
Dhaka Tribune (bd)
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May 5, 2013 20:28
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[India] Smoking a cause of 100 million deaths in 100 years: Study
Nearly 45 trillion bidis and cigarettes manufactured over the past 100 years in the country are expected to be responsible for nearly 100 million deaths of adult Indians, a recent study has found. "Our calculations are derived from using the most conser
Nov 25, 2012
Business Standard (in)
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Nov 25, 2012 13:03
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[India] 'Gutkha ban discriminatory, cigarettes still sold'
With 14 state governments banning gutkha, an association working for the welfare of smokeless tobacco growers has termed the ban as “discriminatory”, saying cigarettes and beedis were still being sold in the market. Smokeless Tobacco Association also sai
Nov 4, 2012
The Statesman (in)
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Nov 4, 2012 11:50
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BANGLADESH: Hazardous "bidi” cigarette factories
Even after working 12 hours a day six days a week in toxic factory conditions rolling cigarettes in Bangladesh - followed by more cigarette rolling work at home - Shahnaz Begum, a 30-year-old mother of two, still cannot afford to feed her family.
Sep 19, 2012
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)
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Sep 19, 2012 16:45
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A cross-country study of cigarette prices and affordability: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey
In this sample of countries, cigarettes are most affordable in Russia, which has the most room for tobacco tax increase. Affordability is also relatively high in Brazil and China for cigarettes, and in India and Bangladesh for bidis.
Aug 25, 2012
Tobacco Control
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Sep 5, 2012 16:25
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[India] KAUL: Why warnings against smoking could be injurious to health
If the government really wants to discourage smoking and reduce the ill-effects of tobacco consumption in this country, they should be concentrating on bidis, gutkas and pan masalas rather than cigarettes.
Aug 11, 2012
Firstpost.com (in)
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Aug 11, 2012 14:45
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BANGLADESH: Rising death toll from “poor man's cigarette”
Activists in Bangladesh are calling for a tobacco tax to fight the climbing death toll from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) caused by smoking, especially an inexpensive cigarette called a “bidi”,
Aug 7, 2012
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)
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Aug 8, 2012 12:40
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[India] 66% women, nearly 60% men exposed to passive smoking
At least 49% men and 17% women use tobacco in some form or the other in Uttar Pradesh. The use of tobacco through gutkha and bidis is higher in comparison to cigarettes. However, the worrisome part is that 66.1% women and 59.7% women are exposed to harmf
Jun 26, 2012
Times of India
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Jun 28, 2012 12:23
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India's tobacco girls
Almost all beedi workers in Kadiri are young girls that work up to 14 hours a day
Jun 12, 2012
BBC Online
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Jun 12, 2012 11:23