I was on Oddee.com tonight and I ran across this:
Chinese 2-year-old Boy is World's Youngest Smoker
Tong Liangliang was taught how to light up by his father, who believed the habit would alleviate pain caused by a hernia.
‘The father wasn’t aware of how serious the toddler’s habit became until the child began to increase the number of cigarettes he smoked per day’, China Radio International reported.
Tong received his first cigarette at the age of 18 months in a bid to reduce the discomfort caused by his hernia. The boy’s tender age meant he was too young to have an operation.
However, this is an "unofficial world's record" because the application to the Guinness Book of Records as world's youngest smoker will be rejected on the grounds that it promoted a harmful habit.
I cant believe that someone was so dumb as to give a child a cigarette, I don't care what the reasons behind it might have been. This was just plain bad parenting! I wonder if anything has been done to the father that helped him light up the first time?!?!
Wow. Ok first off, I agree that was a dumb thing to do... even if the dad had good intentions. But ok its done... My next thought is who cares if the kid throws a fit when they're not given to him!?! His parents should be doing something about this. Even if he throws an all out temper tantrum... They're the parents...
I read the article about this months ago, I still can't believe it. I mean, I believe it's true, but I can't believe some parent would be SO stupid. I mean that is just pure stupidity.
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- dragonlilly3492
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