Two-year-old Indonesian toddler smokes 40 cigarettes a day

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Too unfit to run: Two-year-old who smokes 40 cigarettes a day puffs away on a toy truck
By Mail Foreign Service

Taking a deep drag on his cigarette while resting on the steering wheel of his truck, he looks like a parody of a middle-aged lorry driver.

But the image covers up a much more disturbing truth: At just the tender age of two, Ardi Rizal's health has been so ruined by his 40-a-day habit that he now struggles to move by himself.

The four-stone Indonesia toddler is certainly far too unfit to run around with other children - and his condition is set to rapidly deteriorate.

But, despite local officials' offer to buy the Rizal family a new car if the boy quits, his parents feel unable to stop him because he throws massive tantrums if they don't indulge him.

His mother, Diana, 26, wept: 'He's totally addicted. If he doesn't get cigarettes, he gets angry and screams and batters his head against the wall. He tells me he feels dizzy and sick.'

Ardi will smoke only one brand and his habit costs his parents £3.78 a day in Musi Banyuasin, in Indonesia's South Sumatra province.

But in spite of this, his fishmonger father Mohammed, 30, said: 'He looks pretty healthy to me. I don't see the problem.'

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[TrueBluePinoy]

I remember my go-kart when I was in the 2nd grade.

[Led00]

Lol, when he is 40, he will have 2 a day, i hope so...

[rikhardur]

Looks like his father thinks he looks very manly smoking at that age. It's ridiculous. It's clear someone consciously got him used to smoking.

[sinobball]

Lol, when he is 40, he will have 2 a day, i hope so...

Not sure if he can survive that long...

Looks like his father thinks he looks very manly smoking at that age. It's ridiculous. It's clear someone consciously got him used to smoking.

While I don't disagree with you, he does look very manly (i.e. badass)... Look at the 2nd picture, a cigarette in one hand and a gun in another... Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Chow Yun-Fat ain't got nothing on this kid...(Not to mention that he also looks like Chairman Mao in that picture...)

[satria_muda]

he must be Tottenham hotspurs fans..








*for you who didnt get it : Tottenham sponsored by Indonesian Cigarette company

[Khalid80]

What the Hell!
It seems his parents don't give a shit if their son dies (or they just don't seem to know that cigarettes can actually kill you)

Actually after thinking about it, i don't blame the parents. I mean what can you expect from a kid whose father is a fishmonger (No offense to anyone whose father is a fishmonger)

[Levenspiel]

What the Hell!
Actually after thinking about it, i don't blame the parents. I mean what can you expect from a kid whose father is a fishmonger (No offense to anyone whose father is a fishmonger)

I didn't get this. What's wrong with being a fishmonger?

Sorry but I cannot help it; those first two pictures look extremely funny!

[Khalid80]

I didn't get this. What's wrong with being a fishmonger?

Sorry but I cannot help it; those first two pictures look extremely funny!

Maybe u misunderstood what I was trying to say.

Where I come from fishmongers are usually from a poor uneducated class whom usually are illiterate.

[Test]

Well I know some people who has been smoking since 4 years old. They are not very athletic, but have great health. They are in middle twenties now. Of course 40 cigarettes per day is unimaginable even for them.

This kid looks cool

[mvblair]

Disgusting. I hope this story is fake. I'm sure there is some truth to it, but I hope it's greatly exaggerated.

[sinobball]

Disgusting. I hope this story is fake. I'm sure there is some truth to it, but I hope it's greatly exaggerated.

I know for a fact that in most Asian countries smoking rate is much higher than the rest of the world. I also know in rural China, kids smoking is not that unusual either. It's a terrible practice that should be blamed on the parents and the culture, but it's no more disgusting than many First World country kids (or dogs/cats) being overfed and could barely get off the couch.

[PRSURF]

Smoke weed, users report less depression and can cure blindness.

[TrueBluePinoy]

His father introduced him to smoking at only 18 months old so he could become a tourist attraction and earn $5.00 per day. Shame.

[b3lowzro]

i totally love this bad ass look from him