Comments on: Indonesian Toddler enjoys a 40 a day habit

By: Arty Smokes

Arty Smokes — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:15:18 +0000

I think this is a hoax of sorts, but if it was true I hope the kid doesn’t stop smoking. No one likes a quitter.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:23:49 +0000

Stop making money from child abuse. Confiscate the child, force him into cold turkey while he’s being sent to better parents. Tantrums? So what, it’s the addiction, most adult quitters will go through the same phase. It will pass! Cut him off!

By: TimBisley

TimBisley — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:23:49 +0000

. . . it is a hoax.

By: JibJib

JibJib — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:17:06 +0000

smoking is a big pile of crap. i have quit for 4 years now and never looked back

By: Garry Knight

Garry Knight — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:57:13 +0000

It isn’t a “habit”, it’s a drug addiction. And, yes, it’s child abuse. As is smoking near children, something I see almost every day. And it must stop.

By: spiderabc1

spiderabc1 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:38:25 +0000

Nature and nuture. An official body should explain to the family why their behavour is unacceptable and give them a chance to rectify the problem, then perhaps take the child elsewhere, though not to Madge and co. And why not let the child have tantrems, isn’t that what they do anyway?

By: Del

Del — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:37:17 +0000

those crazy asians.

By: Peter too

Peter too — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:21:53 +0000

I have to add that I put tobacco in my father’s pipe and such when my parents weren’t there when I was not even 1 yet. So the interest is there .. although it might not be the smoking itself .. but the doing something you found quite interesting and nice to watch from someone else. Boys perhaps start out wanting to be like their father. Also, tons of parents find it funny to give their child a nip out of a beer can ..

By: Peter too

Peter too — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:18:14 +0000

Some get born addicted (normally not to nicotin though), others get alcohol (nice quiet kids) .. This one I hadn’t heard about before. It seems so surreal .. as if it is not true. It’s hard to believe that a child itself wishes to smoke. The child does look old I have to say. Smoking itself does not do that, so the child himself must already have been suffering from something on the inside. Too bad it can’t explain properly .. can’t speak good enough. Apart from the fact that its parents gave him his first smoke and allow him to smoke (as it’s wild outbursts are a bit too hard on their own pathetic selfcentered selfes I guess). And the overweight .. def. not caused by the smoking itself.
Why is the vid taken from the website I wonder.
I hope this family gets help, if it’s true.

By: Gazza

Gazza — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:50:54 +0000

Something wrong here because the original report, published in The Sun said the father gave the toddler his first cig at 18 months old, not 18 months ago.

Still doesn’t make it right but in the interests of clarity……