Nine bidi smokers who suffered from cancer, and their bereaved relatives, wrote a letter to Virjesh Upadhyay, Secretary of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, explaining how bidi affected their lives and why larger pictorial representation on bidi packets is important.
Major tobacco companies have shut down their plants in protest of the health ministry ruling that mandates 85% graphic warning on cigarette packs, but the government refuses to budge to reduce the health burden of tobacco in India.
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