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This Boy Smoked 40 Cigarettes A Day! See What He Looks Now… by web2safe(m): 3:03pm On Jul 17, 2017 |
This boy smoked 40 cigarettes a day and he got affected.
The literal “poster child” for Indonesian childhood smoking
was blowing down an astronomical 40 cigarettes a day
when he was only two. A few years later he was able to
kick the habit after a stay in rehab, but this only led to
him replacing one addiction with another. Now, he’s
undergone an incredible body transformation and is
unrecognizable from what he looked like a few years ago.
Childhood nicotine addiction is a major problem in
Indonesia, and the issue gathered international attention
thanks in part to two-year-old Ardi Rizal, who was
captured putting back cigarette after cigarette. At the time,
seven years ago, Ardi had developed a dependency which
saw him smoke 40 cigarettes daily.
Images of the young boy from Sumatra, Indonesia puffing
smokes while riding his tricycle went viral. His mother had
attempted to intervene, but the toddler would throw
ferocious fits if he was not given his nicotine fix.
“He would bang his head on the wall if he couldn’t get
what he wanted,” his mother, Diane Rizal, told Daily Mail
in 2013, “That’s why I get him cigarettes in the first place
– because of his temper and his crying.” Young Ardi was
able to quit smoking, but replaced one addiction with
another.
With all the international attention on the boy’s habit the
government intervened and he was brought to a
rehabilitation facility where he was weaned off cigarettes
and taught how to be a normal toddler. At first he threw
tantrums, and the mother would call the doctor from the
rehab facility.
“When Ardi first quit smoking he would demand a lot of
toys,” Mrs. Rizal says of her son kicking his addiction.
“Now I don’t give him cigarettes, but he eats a lot,” his
mother said a few years ago as he replaced his nicotine
cravings with food.
“With so many people living in the house it’s hard to stop
him from getting food,” Diane said about her son’s weight
gain. Eventually, the family brought him to a nutritionist
and they started addressing his addiction to food.
The nutritionist, Francisca Dewi said at the time, “Ardi is
very overweight, his weight doesn’t match his age.” Dewi
mentioned the trouble with the boy living in a crowded
home, “If Diana wants to forbid him from eating, it will be
hard. She will need cooperation from the entire
household.”
His weight continued to balloon until the family changed
his diet. Eventually they had him eating fresh fruits and
vegetables, and taught him portion control for junk foods.
Seven years after being addicted to cigarettes, and then
battling an addiction to food, Ardi has slimmed down.
Yet, Indonesia still has an epidemic of young men smoking,
as it has been reported that more than 60 percent of men
regularly smoke. It is estimated that nearly a third of
Indonesia children will have a cigarette before their 10th
birthday. Statistics from 2014 report that 3.2 percent of
Indonesian kids between 3 and 15 years old were active
smokers. Sources: http://WWW.skyevibes.com cc; mynd44
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Re: This Boy Smoked 40 Cigarettes A Day! See What He Looks Now… by fistonati(m): 3:37pm On Jul 17, 2017 |
The should bring him to Nigeria to smoke cigarettes, kainkain, skunk and OSHOGBO WEED to know the difference. Dastard Acts must be condemned |
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