Dad gets 2 yr old son addicted to smoking

Two-year-old Indonesian boy hooked on cigarettes
Ardi Rizal, who lives in the fishing village of Musi Banyuasin, in Indonesia's South Sumatra, is part of a disturbing trend. Data from the Central Statistics Agency showed 25 percent of Indonesian children aged 3 to 15 have tried cigarettes, with 3.2 percent of those active smokers.
The percentage of five to nine-year-olds lighting up increased from 0.4 percent in 2001 to 2.8 percent in 2004, figures from the agency showed.
His father, Mohammad Rizal, said: "I'm not worried about his health, he looks healthy. He cries and throws tantrums when we don't let him smoke. He's addicted."
Seto Mulyadi, chairman of Indonesia's child protection commission, blames the increase on aggressive advertising and parents who are smokers.
"A law to protect children and passive smokers should be introduced immediately in this country," he said.
A health law passed in 2009 formally recognises that smoking is addictive, and an anti-smoking coalition is pushing for tighter restrictions on smoking in public places, advertising bans and bigger health warnings on cigarette packages.
But a bill on tobacco control has been stalled because of opposition from the tobacco industry. The bill would ban cigarette advertising and sponsorship, prohibit smoking in public, and add graphic images to packaging.
Benny Wahyudi, a senior official at the Industry Ministry, said the government had initiated a plan to try to limit the number of smokers, including dropping production to 240 billion cigarettes this year, from 245 billion in 2009.
"The government is aware of the impact of smoking on health and has taken efforts, including lowering cigarette production, increasing its tax and limiting smoking areas," he said.
Mr Mulyadi said a ban on advertising is key to putting the brakes on child and teen smoking. "If cigarette advertising is not banned, there will be more kids whose lives are threatened because of smoking," he said.
Advertising hit a bump last month when a cigarette company was forced to withdraw its sponsorship of the pop star Kelly Clarkson's concert following protests from fans and anti-tobacco groups.
However, imposing a non-smoking message will be difficult in Indonesia, the world's third-largest tobacco consumer.
Tubagus Haryo Karbyanto, a member of the National Commission of Tobacco Control, said Indonesia must also address the social conditions that lead to smoking, such as family influence and peer pressure.
"The promotion of health has to be integrated down to the smallest units in our society, from public health centers and local health care centers to the family," he said.

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Father?? he is such a sick moron!