A disturbing video of a two-year-old Indonesian boy named Ardi Rizal puffing casually on a cigarette was released online by British tabloid The Sun. The video shows the boy smoking the cigarette like it’s second nature to him, he doesn’t even cough. At one point he even teases the the grown-ups around him by turning the cigarette around like he is going to stick the burning tip on his tongue.
The Indonesian toddler was given his first cigarette by his father Mohammad, at just 18 months of age, The Sun reports.
Mohammad and his family live in the South Sumatra village of Musi Banyuasin, a village known for fishing. He openly admits that is two-year old son Ardi is addicted to smoking, but has no problem with his son’s unhealthy habit.
“I’m not worried about his health, he looks healthy,” Mohammad told the Sriwijaya Post.
Ardi Smokes 40 cigarettes each day and if he isn’t allowed to smoke he throws tantrums, screams and says he feels dizzy and sick until he is given a cigarette.
“He cries and throws tantrums when we don’t let him smoke. He’s addicted,” Mohammad said.
A toddler smoking cigarettes let alone 40 is extremely dangerous to their health, they could develop cancer of the lung, throat, mouth and other diseases.
There is concern about Indonesia’s large problem with children smokers. According to reports by the Central Statistics Agency around 25 percent of the nation’s three to 15-year-olds have smoked cigarettes.
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