An Indonesian boy smokes up to 40 cigarettes a day
News24xx.com - With over 60 million smokers, Indonesia has one of the world's biggest smoking population, and seeing an alarming increase in the number of children who smoke, the health ministry noted.
Reports of the Indonesian toddler's nicotine addiction has made headlines worldwide recently. He just two years, but he already smoking 40 cigarettes a day.
The boy, identified as Rap, have picked up his dangerous habit after picking up cigarette butts off the street. When denied cigarettes, he threw tantrums until his parents eventually gave in. He needs to have a cigarette before he can fall asleep, going through about two packets a day, she added.
His mother said, "He's been puffing for about a month and a half. My child is used to smoking while drinking coffee and eating cake," said his mum. "If I don't give him a cigarette, my child goes berserk."
His parents said that they are going to send him to rehabilitation.
Similar with the case of Aldi Rizal, a young boy from South Sumatra who shocked the world in 2010 when a video went viral of the barely two-year-old smoking, just like Rap.
Child smoking is especially worrying as a study conducted by the University of Indonesia found that smoking stunts children's physical and intellectual development.
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