India Banned E-Cigarettes — But Beedis And Chewing Tobacco Remain Widespread

A woman rolls tobacco inside a tendu leaf to make a bidi cigarette at her home in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. India

India is the world’s top consumer of smokeless tobacco — and has the world’s highest number of oral cavity cancers.

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