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Ardi Rizal, a two-year-old boy, smokes forty cigarettes a day. Ardi lives in Jakarta, Indonesia, a small fishing village in Musi Banyuasin. Mohamed (who is thirty years of age), the father of Ardi, gave his son his first cigarette at the age of 18 months. Mohamed is not worried about the health risks that smoking can cause and continues to let his two-year-old son smoke.
If Ardi does not get a cigarette he will "get angry, scream and bang his head against walls, his mother said." Diana his mother (who is 26 years of age) said that her son "is an addict." She said "if he does not have a cigarette he will feel dizzy and sick." 25% of children have tried smoking and 2.2% are currently smoking.
"I'm not worried about his health, he looks healthy," said Mohammad Rizal, the father of Ardi. "He cries and throws tantrums when we don't let him smoke. He's addicted."
Records show that children 3-to-15 years old in Indonesia have tried cigarettes.
"A law to protect children and passive smokers should be introduced immediately in this country," Seto Mulyadi, chairman of Indonesia's child protection commission.
"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," Seto Mulyadi, chairman of Indonesia's child protection commission.
"If cigarette advertising is not banned, there will be more kids whose lives are threatened because of smoking," Seto Mulyadi, chairman of Indonesia's child protection commission.
Indonesia is the third largest tobacco consumer in the world.
If Ardi does not get a cigarette he will "get angry, scream and bang his head against walls, his mother said." Diana his mother (who is 26 years of age) said that her son "is an addict." She said "if he does not have a cigarette he will feel dizzy and sick." 25% of children have tried smoking and 2.2% are currently smoking.
"I'm not worried about his health, he looks healthy," said Mohammad Rizal, the father of Ardi. "He cries and throws tantrums when we don't let him smoke. He's addicted."
Records show that children 3-to-15 years old in Indonesia have tried cigarettes.
"A law to protect children and passive smokers should be introduced immediately in this country," Seto Mulyadi, chairman of Indonesia's child protection commission.
"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," Seto Mulyadi, chairman of Indonesia's child protection commission.
"If cigarette advertising is not banned, there will be more kids whose lives are threatened because of smoking," Seto Mulyadi, chairman of Indonesia's child protection commission.
Indonesia is the third largest tobacco consumer in the world.
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