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Village RootS<br />

Gariphema First ‘tobacco<br />

free village’ in India<br />

Gariphema village, under Kohima district of Nagaland, is<br />

the first village in the country which is tobacco free.<br />

It is the only village in India to have banned tobacco in any<br />

form, along with selling any form of alcohol,<br />

biddi, paan, tamul, gutka and all other substances that are<br />

injurious to health.<br />

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