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Voodoo cigarillos: bidis in disguise?

2003; BMJ; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/tc.12.1.109

1468-3318

Cristine D. Delnevo, Mary Hrywna, Malcolm Lewis, Spiro G. Yulis,

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

As part of its routine monitoring of emerging tobacco products, “Trinkets & trash: artifacts of the tobacco epidemic”, a collection of current and historic tobacco marketing (www.trinketsandtrash.org), recently identified a new tobacco product called Voodoo cigarillos. They are exclusively manufactured in India for the US based Kretek International, a specialty tobacco distributor whose exclusive product line includes Djarum clove cigarettes, Darshan bidis, and Dreams multi-coloured and flavoured cocktail cigarettes.1 The Voodoo cigarillos we obtained were flavoured and, as with bidis, consisted of tobacco flakes wrapped in a leaf tied with a small string. Aside from a slightly larger and more uniform cylindrical shape, Voodoo cigarillos appear …