A seven-year-old boy who has been addicted to cigarettes since he was just THREE now smokes 16 fags daily – after cutting down from three packets a day.
Dihan Awalidan, from West Java in Indonesia, is just one of the handful of young boys in the small village of Cicapar who reject more traditional playtime pursuits in favour of a smoke.
Together with three of his friends, Nawan, 11, Jujun, 7 and Dede, 8, Dihan lights up approximately 16 times a day – and his parents say they’re powerless to stop him.
He buys his Kretek cigarettes with pocket money or steals coins from his mother’s purse to fund the habit.
Both his parents smoke and Dihan is constantly bombarded by the abundance of advertising from tobacco companies in the region.
But despite his parents’ and teachers’ pleading, the young boy is unable to quit and often disappears to nearby paddy fields to get his fix.
His father Iyan, 36, said: “Dihan has been smoking since the age of three. At that time he could smoke three packs of cigarettes.
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