Forget Second Hand Smoke……

My article yesterday discussed the harmful effects of second hand smoke, especially on children. I came across this video, which was  on most major news channels this week, and couldn’t believe it.

Meet Ardi Rizal, a 2-year old boy from Indonesia. He likes playing with his friends, digging in the mud, and oh yea….smoking 40 cigarettes a day. How does this even happen? How is a little boy like this introduced to the wonderful world of smoking? I vote for excellent role models for parents. Apparantly, his parents have yet to hear of lung cancer or heart disease (or portion control).

You think your child throws a nasty temper tantrum when they don’t get what they want. How about a jumbo sized man-baby who is addicted to nicotine. This is just plain nuts!!!

This seems like a rarity, but I’m not so sure it isn’t happening much more frequently. The ironic part of all of this is that this kid will probably live to be 105 years old…..

In Other News

The world’s dirtiest city was revealed today and it’s Washington DC………just kidding.

It’s actually Linfen, China, a coal mining city in Shanxi province. As it turns out, residents don’t need to smoke since breathing in the polluted air is the equivalent of smoking 3 packs of cigarettes. Below is a picture of this lovely city. Forget sunny Hawaii, call China Air instead to book your flight here….