In India, bidi industry's clout trumps health initiatives

By Murali Krishnan and Shantanu Guha Ray

Bidi makers in India adopt Big Tobacco tactics to avoid reforms on smoking and excise taxes

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"… ar,” says Udayan Lall of the New Delhi-based Tobacco Institute of India. Cigarette taxes currently account for less than 40 percent of the retail price of a …"