Two-Year-Old Boy Addicted to Smoking in Indonesia
An Indonesian father claims his two-year-old son is addicted to cigarettes, a newspaper reported. Mohammad Rizal, from the Southeast Asian country’s Musi Banyuasin province, said his son Rizal is hooked on tobacco after having his first cigarette at just 18 months old. But Rizal said he is unfazed by his son’s smoking habit.
"I’m not worried about his health -- he looks healthy," he said.
"He cries and throws tantrums when we don’t let him smoke. He’s addicted."
Indonesia has a major problem with child smokers -- 25 percent of three to 15-year-olds smoked at least once according to the Central Statistics Agency.
From a sermon by Steve Shepherd, The Daddy I Want To Be, 6/3/2010