Bidî
The bidî (sometimes beedi or biri according to the English orthography) is a type of Cigarette S Indians, in the shape of cone, made up of an envelope of Tendu or kendu (tropical shrub which grows naturally in the Indian forests, in particular in the Orissa) containing bits of chopped, dried and untreated Tabac. They have the characteristic to be maintained closed by a cotton yarn, often of pink color.
It is thought commonly that the external envelope consists of Eucalyptus, which is only one legend; however the odor of these cigarettes can carry to confusion.
According to American studies, the rate of Nicotine and Goudron in the bidî (or bidies) is higher than that of the standard American cigarettes. According to the National Institute Cancer, it would be thus false to think that these cigarettes are less harmful. But much showed the National Institute Cancer to be subsidized for this research by the industrialists of large companies of the tobacco, which feared the reduction in the consumption of cigarettes in favor of the bidis. The quantity of consumed tobacco however seems less important. One however finds figures different, as on this site where it is known as that " the tobacco quantity contained in a beedies is 1/10e or 1/20e of that of a cigarette"
In the Indian sub-continent, the bidî are fume almost exclusively by the men belonging to the most underprivileged social categories. Made mainly in India and almost always with the hand, the bidî are nowadays exported in the whole world.
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