WATCH: Two-year-old toddler smokes 40 cigarettes a day

My son cries, throws fits if he does not get his favourite brand of smokes, says child's mother


News Desk August 16, 2018
Little Rapi, nicknamed Rap, is filmed happily puffing at a cigarette. PHOTO COURTESY: MAIL ONLINE

In a rare instance, a two-year-old boy in Indonesia smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, Mail Online reported.


Rapi Ananda Pamungkas, a resident of Sukabum city, started smoking by picking up used butts scattered outside his mother's market stall that older boys would light for him.


But within days he was hooked and would constantly pester passing shoppers to give him cigarettes.




. PHOTO COURTESY: MAIL ONLINE The boy is seen smoking sigarette. PHOTOS COURTESY: MAIL ONLINE

They initially found the youngster's demands endearing and plied him with cigarettes and would laugh as he lit up.


Rapi's mother, Maryati, 35, admitted that she buys two packs of cigarettes a day for the boy to stop him from going crazy.


The toddler soon started becoming aggressive and throwing tantrums when he couldn't get his beloved favourite brand of cigarettes.


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"My child is used to smoking while drinking coffee and eating cake," she said.


"He has been smoking every day for around two months. If I don't give him a cigarette, my child goes berserk".


The mother said that it had been difficult to ban her child from smoking because he will "cry all day" if he can't smoke.


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"If Rapi doesn't get cigarettes he cannot sleep. He will start rampaging and crying. It's expensive, because we have to buy them for him. He likes to do it all day. He can smoke about 40 every day".


Rapi's father, Misbahudin, 40, who also smokes, says doesn't know why his child became so addicted.


"I cannot say no to him when he asks for a cigarette. I don't even smoke that often. I only smoke at work. When my son smokes he likes to have a cup of mochaccino".


The parents said they will take the toddler to see a doctor to try and kick his smoking habit.


Indonesia has one of the highest numbers of smokers per population in the world and a growing problem of child smokers. Around nine per cent of minors smoke regularly.


In 2010, the two-year-old boy Aldi Rizal achieved notoriety after it emerged he also would smoke two packets a day, with footage showing him smoking cigarettes.



The article originally appeared in Mail Online

COMMENTS (2)

Bunny Rabbit | 5 years ago | Reply ITs the parents' fault . they allowed the situation to come up to these alarming levels. Take him to a doc immediately .
Junaid | 5 years ago | Reply Cute baby, proud moment for father and also for nation....
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