World Youngest Smoker

[Nikita2Charles 32]

Would this be considered child abuse to give a cigarette to a 2 year old kid?

http://www.hindustantimes.com/AudioVideo/A...51-91c74b1bce9a

Edited August 5, 2009 by Nikita2Charles

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I would think so, most certainly.

[Peikko 1,575]

Different culture, different standards, we aren't allowed to judge such things because ethics is a Western phenomena

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah that was a bit of a howler.

Presumably its perfectly OK to participate in a public stoning - because such a thing is "cultural".

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

You fools, its a midget.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

You fools, its a midget.

OMFG that is so wrong and inappropriate.....

[spookyturtle 9,466]

You fools, its a midget.

Coming from a mental midget, that means what?/

[amberdima 6]

if they put on this show frequently, that kid's lungs are gonna be fvkd.

[mendeleev 68]

(Waiting for the defenders of freedom at any price to appear and defend the undefendable.)

[Marilyn. 340]

not sure if this is the same kid or not...

This is Liang Liang, an ordinary 2.5 years old child who lives in China. Liang Liang smokes in a pack of cigarettes daily. As it turned out, his parents gave him the first cigarette at age 1.5 to relieve pain.

Liang Liang was born with hernia and it was dangerous to operate it his its infancy. The boy suffered from severe pain and to distract him from the anguish, the father gave him a smoke. Over time, Liang Liang got addicted to smoking. Now the parents can't force him to stop smoking.

The world's youngest smoker now lives in Tianjin. This is a sad situation. I read online many stories covering the news about the youngest smoker. However, none of them went any further reporting if any doctor is caring for this child. This is indeed dangerous for this child and hopefully the Chinese doctors or the government may take measures to help this young child to stop smoking.

http://www.emaxhealth.com/1/58/31945/young...ted-age-15.html

[Niels Bohr 72]

OMG! There's a world record for youngest smoker? What an embarrasing society.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Cool kid.

[Jauque 1]

OMG! There's a world record for youngest smoker? What an embarrasing society.

Agreed, poor kids going to end up being 'that guy who started smoking when he was 2' for the rest of his life.