Plea in Bombay High Court by bidi and tobacco traders claims smoking may reduce risk against COVID

Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni permitted the intervention applications and posted the hearing on this issue in the next week

Bombay High Court and cigaretts

Neha Joshi

A plea has been filed before the Bombay High Court by bidi and tobacco traders and federation of retailers claiming that people who smoke cigarettes and other nicotine products are less vulnerable to COVID-19 (Sneha Marjadi v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.)

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