2 year old boy addicted to smoking

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
28/05/2010 21:51

A two-year-old toddler in South Sumatra, Indonesia, has become addicted to cigarettes, smoking around forty a day. The parents Aldi Rizal say their boy started smoking cigarettes at 18 months old when his father, Muhammad, introduced him to the habit. They say Rizal screams, slams his head against the floor and even gets sick with withdrawal if he does not get his cigarettes.



His father pays 50,000 rupiah (five U.S. dollars) every day for two packs of Marlboro cigarettes - Rizal's favourite.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
28/05/2010 21:52

Yet Muhammad, 30, a fisherman, claims his son is in healthy condition, weighing 25 kilograms. Rizal is undergoing a rehabilitation program under the supervision of Indonesia's National Child Protection Commission.



The commission also provides psychological treatment for the toddler. Footage of the child smoking that had been posted on the video sharing website, YouTube, drew world-wide attention to the incident.



Some cities in Indonesia, including Jakarta, have banned smoking in public places but the rules are widely flouted.



The industry minister said that between 1960-2005, cigarette production jumped more than six-fold to 220 billion cigarettes

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
28/05/2010 21:52

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100528/twl-shocking-pics-of-two-year-old-smokin-41f21e0.html

Smity



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Message Posted:
28/05/2010 23:23

Should not have been christed Rizal but RIZZLA

Lilli



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Message Posted:
29/05/2010 00:26

SMITY love it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

rowan


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Message Posted:
29/05/2010 22:41

for me this is one of the most disturbing stories I have ever read. Poor child, his parents should be shot!

HildySmith


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Message Posted:
29/05/2010 22:43

Rowan

I agree

Blackbird



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Message Posted:
29/05/2010 22:49

I not a smoker, and don't really care if people do - so long as it isn't in my face. However, I do find this story appalling, and disturbing.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
29/05/2010 23:07

It's disgusting to say the least!

rowlo



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Message Posted:
30/05/2010 01:05

rizla will be laughing all the way to the bank ?

Blackbird



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Message Posted:
30/05/2010 01:31

Dunno rowlo 'cos they sponsor Suzuki, and they do tend to crash a bit...

MsGarnet


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Message Posted:
30/05/2010 03:21

The child looks extremely unhealthy, obese for his age, and with an ignoramous for a father - ludicrous for him to say his son is healthy. The family should have daily appointments with whomever are the powers that be, to monitor his withdrawal from smoking, and why (when those around him seem 'normal' size) he has a weight problem, his moon face may indicate more than overfeeding.........

Tiggy


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Message Posted:
30/05/2010 03:28

Good job his father does not drink.

wearytravellers



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Message Posted:
31/05/2010 06:54

Day 6 cigarette free after being a slave to tobacco since I was 16 (32 years) How am I coping.....great, using an Electronic (e-cigarette) Cigarette, it is helping immenseley. Anyone thinking of giving up (again) get one of these.....I cannot recommend it enough. Best thing I have ever bought !!!!