The tubby Indonesian toddler who caused a sensation last spring by enthusiastically puffing on cigarettes in a widely viewed video has quit smoking, according to media reports.
Two-year-old Ardi Rizal of South Sumatra, who reportedly smoked 40 cigarettes a day, has broken his nicotine addiction through a 30-day rehabilitation program, the Jakarta Globe reported Thursday.
"He has stopped smoking and doesn't ask for cigarettes anymore," Arist Merdeka Sirait, chairman of Indonesia's National Commission on Child Protection, said, according to another publication, Earth Times.According to earlier reports, the child was placed in state custody after the video emerged and the boy’s parents said he would cry and throw tantrums if he went too long without smoking a cigarette.
Heavy smoking appeared to have caused the boy’s brain to shrink and could cause other health problems later, Sirait said, according to Earth Times.
"He needs to be in a smoking-free environment so that he doesn't start smoking again," Sirait said.
Anti-smoking advocates say Indonesia’s tobacco industry markets its products to children, according to the Globe.
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I have seen this a few month ago on Tv and I was really shocked about. How can parents let their 2 year old baby boy smoke?! I really hope for him, that he will never start smoking again.
I thought the kid looked wicked cool. Like he could go out on the town or break a bronco. Welcome to flavour country.
Because they got what they wanted – attention
Satin is taking over the world? I thought it was muslin. Oh well, my bad.
I'm just hoping the kid didn't put on the requisite 15 quit smoking pounds.
Satin's nice but nothing can beat good ol' cotton. Anyway, what's it got to do with the little shrunken-brained tot?
Satin? Satin is taking over the world?!! All this time I figured leather would be the kingpin...
You mean SATAN. Jeez, if your going to get all holy and religious at least learn to spell.
Nick where did you learn to spell? I think you should go back and finish high school.
i cant beleve this 40 ciggeretes a day!wow
Satin is taking over the World? Man, I thought that was over in the 70's. I had some satin sheets then, but they were cold, and you slid right off them when you were trying to do the nasty. Anyway, I am not a Satinist. Those people hide out in forests and kill Naugas for there hide, and perform other synthetic rituals. Make sure to check the fabric tag, it's a dead giveaway to see if someone is a Satinist.
Beware of tweed in satin's clothing!
AMAZING!
In Indonesia they offer a 30 day rehabilitation program to help the kid stop smoking.
For adults, in North America, they tell you "Quit Smoking!" and they restrict places where you are allowed to smoke. That's all the help WE get!!!!
How did he start? Where the eff were the parents, or where they part of it? Who taught him this? He wasn't born knowing how to do this.
Geez – people will take any chance to spout their religious beliefs. I read someone on here saying that God gives us all choices in hopes that we will choose "Him." Seriously – you are blogging about this regarding a 2 year old baby smoking cigarettes...haha. I'm sorry, but a baby is not mentally capable of knowing right from wrong. He isn't choosing Satan by smoking. It's ramblings like this that keep me an Athiest.
What!?!?! This is awesome. And some folks frown on smoking due to the health risks, heck, he looks pretty happy to me – keep lighting them up my tella-tubby friend! I can't wait to see the next posting, "Tubby travels the crack society in hopes for a new social habit" or, "Tubby sees Trouble! Stops smoking and starts drinking, go go Tubby!". (have a friggin' sense of humor, will ya!? Hopefully you are mature enough to realize, most folks are simply poking fun...IT'S AMERICA....RELAX....WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO THIS, IT IS ONE OF OUR RIGHTS, get over the fun stuff.
Actually this is reply to Jesus Loves Cotton
Satin is taking over the World? Man, I thought that was over in the 70's. I had some satin sheets then, but they were cold, and you slid right off them when you were trying to do the nasty. Anyway, I am not a Satinist. Those people hide out in forests and kill Naugas for there hide, and perform other synthetic rituals. Make sure to check the fabric tag, it's a dead giveaway to see if someone is a Satinist.
This was great – I've really enjoyed this one – especially with reference to the 70's since I loved that decade!
oh no... the kid threw tantrums when he didn't get what he wanted?! well, that's every reason to give in.
Give in when a child throws a tantrum? Add blame other people and you've got the typical American parent!
When the story first came out, the father said that if didnt give the toddler his cigarettes, he would have nicotine withdrawl and begin to throw tantrums and "bang his head against the wall", the child is 2, he doesnt understand the urges he was feeling when he wasnt getting his nicotine... but yes.. the parents are extremely undereducated and it was the right thing for the child to be taken out of their custody.
Alright, there's too much imbreeding in this world. It's time to thin the herd.
Tantrum = painful nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
This isn't your regular, "I want candy" tantrum.
Right? Children, throwing tantrums? Say it ain't so! So what if the kid is banging his head into walls. Wrap him in bubble wrap and let him go at it! "Painful" nicotine withdrawal? Please. He's too young to remember it, anyway. I hope this kid stays smoke-free.
And when he's 6 he's gonna stamp his feet and cry if he doesn't have an automatic weapon. Gonna give in then, too?
you're really right
With everything happening in the world today; THIS is one of the top headlines? I think the world is over and we just haven't realized it.
First, it's a pretty rampant problem and this kid was the 'poster boy' of child smoking. Second, it's server space, not column inches in a newspaper or magazine where there's limited real estate.
I'd rather read about this than about someone using the N word. I wonder what Roland Martin has to say?
...and.....you take the time to comment on something that you think is not important news? Why are you even here? stupid.
Honestly, I don't care if that kid quits smoking or not.
Then click somewhere else. There are a lot of other stories you can read on this website.
So why did you click the link to read the article AND take the time out to comment on it?
I don't care either but I remember seeing this little kid smoking and I thought he was cute.
vodkabeforenoon...your name says it all....
Drinking before noon will do that to you.
Thats what happens if you take vodka before noon. you don't care abt anyone
oh wow..
Well now I suppose the next big story will be how much weight the kid gained after he stopped smoking!
he's already a fat a$$.
LMAO!!
He's now addicted to nicorette.
Now they need to get him on a diet.
Sad.Some people just should not have kids.
This kind of stupidity can only come from generations of imbreeding. It's time to thin the herd.
OMG This kid is qonna be so messed up in the futuree. I dont like this. He Will Never Be a Atlethic person with those bad lunqqss. Why would you make your kid smoke. im a jerker and i cant smoke becuase if i do. ill qet winded in 2 secs. so help this poor kid stop this bs
-Infernoo
Studies have shown that damage to the lungs after a decade of smoking a pack a day is fully repaired in less than three years of not smoking.
I'm a jerker and a smoker at the same time.
I always get winded when I jerk too, but I dont smoke!
Well, the studies that show 3 years are quite old. But, frankly, you can find any study, with any result you want out there. Even if his lungs DO clear up, what about his Carotids? What about his heart? The damage has already been done, is my guess. Got mibi?
Oh he can't grow up to be an athlete now? That is your concern? According to the story the kid's brain has already been affected! He may be lucky to speak, learn, read, or write.
Living in a third world country is bad enough without your parents allowing destruction of his brain!
You should stop jerking. You'll go blind.
jerking and smoking at the sametime? One handed jerk, must be small
I don't know what is sadder, a baby smoking stogies, or the fact that I am laughing so hard I can barely type.
Sorry, one of my favorite cartoons from childhood was the bugs bunny with the gangster disguised as a baby, gets caught shaving with a cigar in his mouth, rofl. 2 and already done a stint in rehab, must be a Lohan! OK, I'll stop...
lololololololololololol...LOL
You are laughing out loud at an abused child with brain and lung damage? How dumb can you be!
I had to shut the door to my pffice bc I was laughing so hard. Somethings are so wrong all you can do is laugh! If I go to church one day I will try and remember to pray for him and all the other smoking toddlers of the world...
OMG who really cares about this child. This is his parents responisibility not ours. I mean really,. The kid is as big as a house and like that isnt an issue as well? Please
It's people like you that slow down progress.
I just hope that YOU don't have any children.......I hate to think you would be bringing other people into the world that might unfortunately have your same value for human beings.
We are all connected to one another. Very few people have the foresight to realize this. The welfare of your neighbor affects you. The welfare of his neighbor affects him. We rely on other people to harvest food, make clothing, and invent technology. Taxes taken from what we earn go to supporting the less fortunate, both in our country and in other countries. If we have to interact with someone – for example, the employee of a company we are buying a product from – the interaction is affected by the person's upbringing. If they are uneducated, it makes communication with them much more difficult, and we may not end up getting the best product or service as a result. Meanwhile, children who grow up with nothing often become criminals and can create havoc in your life by stealing from you or worse.
It's sad that most people only look out for their own immediate needs, and if you're lucky, the needs of their friends and family. They have no understanding of the effect paying attention to and looking out for strangers could potentially have on them.
And I go back to my rant.. It's time to THIN THE HERD!
i would neva let my kids that i dont want smoke so yung maby 14 but neva llik that n i would whopd ur baby upside the head so get it right get it tight
Please don't breed.
crookz, what language are you speaking? I tried to use Google translator and it couldn't decipher the language
crookz, you sound like one of the dumbest people I have ever seen leave a post. Did you make it past the 4th grade? Seriously, did you?
Crookz, do you actually know what you said? That honestly did not make any sense to me, and I am a teenager myself. By the way, letting your kid smoke at fourteen is still not a good idea.
I can't spell right because I am a moron who didn't get past 3rd grade.
You're an idiot...straight up!!!
Didn't get past the third grade??!! I know third graders that spell and write better than that....
Poking fun at this poster aside.... Thank God they took this kid away from his loser parents.
No such thang as half way crookz
I write 'like this' and not 'lyk dis' because I'm an adult and not retarded.
Please don't write, say, or even think another word.....if those are words....
Thin. The. Herd.
laughing so hard Im crying...These pages really can make any bad day better... Crooks you need ur own news page
Seems like pidgin English/language.
I think this poster is pretending to speak in such a dialect. Someone who writes like this would probably not make it through the article.
So glad he kicked the habit! He is sooo cute!!
they love the attention this got, yet they hang people in Indonesia for cannabis. Cigarettes get their own smoke rooms in airports, restaraunts, everywhere. People love tobacco to death, yet cannabis remains scrutinized worse than murder.
Could have said something to that effect about the US a few years ago.
It's true, I live here and murders go to jail for 5-6 years, where as pot smokers are thrown in jail and forgotten about, or worse. You can thank the U.S. in the 20's for demonizing weed the world over. How many people die from weed every year....hmm, let me think. Oh ya, zero.
Very sad:(