Mahesh Babu's Herbal Cigarette Healthy? 3 Min Read Tobacco cigarettes release toxic substances including nicotine, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Herbal cigarettes do not contain nicotine alone. Published:Updated: Telugu actor Mahesh Babu has revealed that he used herbal beedi in his film 'Guntur Kaaram'. He said this in an interview. "The beedi I used in 'Guntur Kaaram' does not contain any tobacco-based substance. It is a beedi made of cinnamon leaves. [Read more]