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Tobacco is consumed in many forms, the most common beedi and cigarette. Many people feel that bidi does less harm than cigarettes. But this can be very dangerous to believe. Both are harmful to the body. Diseases like cancer, heart disease, stroke and lung problems are caused by beedi and cigarette both. There will be cancer from one and not to the other, this perception is wrong.

People in rural areas and low -income classes believe that bidi is less harmful than cigarettes because it contains only tobacco and leopard leaves. But research says Bidi is not only harmful but many cases can be more dangerous than cigarettes. The first reason is the absence of filters in bidi, so that smoke does not get filter. Apart from this, bidi smoke is more toxic than cigarettes because beedi also contains many harmful substances besides tobacco, which are washed into the smoke of bidi. This smoke contains carcinosic ingredients, which can cause lung cancer, mouth cancer and throat cancer.

Difference between bidi and cigarette

Cigarettes have a variety of chemical and filters with tobacco, while tobacco is wrapped in leopard leaf in bidi. Cigarettes contain filters but bidi does not have filters. , The smoke becomes more thick when the leaf of bidi burn. For this reason, the person who drinks beedi pulls more smoke inside.

What does research say?

According to the report of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and World Health Organization (WHO): People who drink bidi are more at risk of lung cancer than cigarette smokers. Drinking bidi causes diseases like chronic bronchitis and asthma quickly. Drinking bidi also increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. Beedi drinkers are more likely to get cancer of the mouth, throat and lungs. The amount of nicotine and toxin is also found in beedi.

Nicotine more than cigarette in bidi

Dr. Bhagwan Minister in Pulmonology Department at Medanta Hospital says that both are harmful in terms of whom, but by drinking bidi, more nicotine and monoxide goes into the body. Because the smoke of bidi is thick. The string also has to put more emphasis to drink. This puts additional pressure on the lungs, due to which the smoke directly reaches the blood.

Impact on society and family

The disadvantage of drinking bidi is not limited to just drinkers. People sitting around with its smoke are also at risk of passive smoking. Especially for children and women, this smoke proves to be very dangerous and can cause asthma, allergies and lung disease.