Infamous Infant Kicks Two-Pack-a-Day Smoking Habit
Jakarta Globe | September 02, 2010
In this photograph taken on May 16, 2010 two-year-old Indonesian boy AR puffs on a cigarette while playing on a plastic toy jeep in the yard of his family home in a village on Sumatra island. On Thursday, AR returns to his family after a month of rehabilitation to cure his smoking addiction. (AFP Photo) Related articles
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394179Rehabilitated. Sounds spooky.
Shouldn't be patting our backs too quickly yet.
Let's check on these kids who had been "rehabilitated" in about 6 months time or so, and see how well they're doing.
We're very good in only treating the symptoms, not the core of the problems.
And the core of the problem is... as we all know... is EDUCATION.
Besides, smoking just like any other addiction, is quite hard to treat. ONE month rehabilitation program? Hmm... I'll believe it when I see it.
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Jakarta. Indonesia's internationally infamous infant, Ardi Rizal, has reportedly kicked his addiction to smoking.
Seto Mulyadi, advisory chairman of the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas Anak), said the two-year-old had fully recovered from his addiction after a month-long rehabilitation program, involving both the commission, pyschologists and doctors.
Ardi, who shocked the world when a video of him smoking a cigarette appeared on
the Internet, had been handed over to authorities to authorities in his home province of South Sumatra.
Komnas Anak secretary general Samsul Ridwan was quoted by Kompas.com as saying the government must take responsible measures and protect children from the dangers of smoking, saying the emergence of child smokers in Indonesia was an "undeniable phenomenon.”
He said protection from smoking should be given the same urgency as other threats, including child abuse, exploitation and human trafficking.
Four-year-old Adi (previously known as
Sandi), a former foul-mouthed, smoking toddler from East Java made infamous
by another YouTube video, has also been recently rehabilitated.
Antitobacco advocates are have been critical of Indonesia's vast tobacco industry, claiming cigarette advertisements target children.
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