Indian cigarette packaging. 1990s. Highly decorative paper wrappers. Plastic free. These are not cigarettes as we know them, but “bidis”, a hand-rolled cigarette with tobacco stuffed inside tendu leaves and tied with a thread, mostly assembled by housewives from home. They are popular in poorer households as they are a lot cheaper than branded cigarettes, and not regulated in any way.

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Size: 2560px × 1920px
Photo credit: © Simon Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: bidi, cigarette, hand, history, indian, packaging, rolled, social, unregulated