2 Year-Old Who Smokes 40 CIGARETTES a Day

Watch it first, here's the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XCWwvtkAj4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDpWp6Fz7I&NR=1

Okay, when I initially heard about this I thought this had to be a hoax. Then I saw the video of the baby smoking as if it was as normal as sucking on a pacifier or something--that was just mind blowing to me. He started at 18 months people...

First & foremost: WTH were the parents thinking of even ever handing an infant tobacco?

Secondly, if it's already bad enough for adults, why give it to a child so young?

Thirdly: Everyone knows that it's a carcinogen!

Fourthly: Did I not already mention he's only two years old...C'mon people something's gotta give.

I know the culture may be different in Indonesia (where he lives), but it's a(n) universal fact that cigarettes are not good for anyone, especially babies. An article that I read on the story even stated that the officials of the area where the child lives offered to buy the parents a car if they helped the baby kick the habit. Get this, they declined.

I don't know, this is baby experimenting to the extreme in my opinion...What do you guys think? Is it okay to allow hazardous behaviors take place in the youth if it's common in their culture? Since tobacco is targeted towards younger crowds, should they be allowed to consume it? Let me know what you think...

[Info from the vid: A two-year-old toddler in South Sumatra, Indonesia, has become addicted to cigarettes, smoking around forty a day.
The parents of Aldi Rizal say their boy started smoking cigarettes at 18 months old when his father, Muhammad, introduced him to the habit. They say Rizal screams, slams his head against the floor and even gets sick with withdrawal if he does not get his cigarettes.
His father pays 50,000 rupiah (five U.S. dollars) every day for two packs of Marlboro cigarettes - Rizal's favourite. Yet Muhammad, 30, a fisherman, claims his son is in healthy condition, weighing 25 kilograms. Rizal is undergoing a rehabilitation program under the supervision of Indonesia's National Child Protection Commission.
The commission also provides psychological treatment for the toddler. Footage of the child smoking that had been posted on the video sharing website, YouTube, drew world-wide attention to the incident.
Some cities in Indonesia, including Jakarta, have banned smoking in public places but the rules are widely flouted.
The industry minister said that between 1960-2005, cigarette production jumped more than six-fold to 220 billion cigarettes.]