Two-year-old has a pack a day habit

According to Bizarre magazine, this two-year-old from China is said to smoke a pack a day.

His father first gave him fags at the age of 18 months to help cope with pain from a hernia.

Two-year-old has a pack a day habit (Via Dangerous Minds)

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Bray_beast

Being on a motorcycle certainly adds something to it.
Anonymous

to be fair, they are slims
Anonymous

Well, with 1.3 billion people and tens of millions of unpartnerable men, they’ve got to do something to get their population down faster.
Osprey101

Boy, I hope that lighter he’s using is childproof.
simonbarsinister

Hey, that’s really funny Dad. It would also be really funny to see a 2 year old swearing like a sailor, punching other babies in the face, and spitting a lot. It would really be a riot to see a 2 year old who can handle a needle.

Once he’s a teenager with the health of a senior citizen… not so much funny anymore.
Anonymous

Something about that kid is really, really [i]cool[/i]. Probably the jacket.
Phikus

Gee, I had a double hernia at 2 and my parents didn’t even put a shot of whiskey in my bottle.
Anonymous

I’m not sure that’s a two year old. The “child” has very finely tuned motor skills for a two year old. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it is actually the Chinese equivalent of Gary Coleman smoking that there cigarette.

-anotherfascist
mermaid

Pretty advanced oral motor work for an 18 month, and although I can’t be sure, he seems to speak pretty well for a two year old.
tallpat

Poor kid, I hear that could stunt his growth.
Anonymous

Wow smoking really does make you look like a grown up. He needs a beer as well.
Anonymous

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
xzzy

George Burns would be so proud.
ian_b

@6 “Poor kid, I hear that could stunt his growth.”

He’s actually 11.
hubbledeej

But check out the attitude Henri Groulx has going on (the rooster is just icing):

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/framingcanada/026020-5019-e.html
Anonymous

You can also see this video of a kid in Indonesia in the 1920′s smoking and breastfeeding … http://hombrelobo.com/peliculas/mother-mao-y-el-horror-del-tabaco/
nerdberger

This is actually an ad for Etrade.com
sylkworm

Karengeier, I grew up in China. Where’d you stay? From the people’s accents, they sound like they’re from the Yixing province, which was around my father’s hometown. And yeah, these are basically the Chinese version of rednecks. Gotta love em! :-)

The problem for American tobacco companies is that tobacco is also a Chinese local crop, and a lot of the Chinese tobacco companies are either directly state-owned or run by people who have deep connections in the local bureaucracy. Very hard market to break into. Most of it is also traditionally grown, harvested, and processed by hand: not very conducive western mechanized farming techniques. Imported cigarettes would also be above the reach of most ordinary Chinese folks.
flipcloud

Don’t condemn the father, this kid’s free range! Kudos to him.
Antinous / Moderator

I had a double hernia at 2 and my parents didn’t even put a shot of whiskey in my bottle.

We used to have paregoric, which was alcohol and opium, to rub on teething gums.
Anonymous

He didn’t inhale. All the punks and bikers at daycare are so gonna make fun of him.
subliminati

That might be the most disturbingly adorable thing I’ve ever seen!
PaulR

Anonymous @39: Maybe it’s because smokers die before they get develop Alzheimer’s disease.

I suspect that jihadist-terrorists are also less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. And morbidly obese people. And vain rock stars, who think “Die Young, and Leave a Pretty Body” is a sensible tenet. And…
Jack Daniel

Maybe now Marlboro will finally release their fabled Marlboro Tykes, with a prize hidden at the bottom of every pack.
InsertFingerHere

I don’t get it, the Chinese were all upset about tainted baby formula, but they give toddlers smokes ?

A Superpower? Won’t be for long, everyone is going to be dead by the age of 12.
Anonymous

somebody get this kid a beer and a shotgun! AMERICA!
Big Ed Dunkel

Recommended by four out of five doctors named Lau.
Anonymous

Seeing as smoking has been linked to a decreased risk of alzheimers, it would be interesting to see how the chinese fair in that regard.
PaulR

I bet the kid dies before his parents do.
Anonymous

The great thing about kids is that they are always trying to kill themselves. The horrible thing about parents is that they keep stopping the kids from killing themselves – except this Dad, he’s f*ckin cool.
gruben

How come we never hear anything remotely positive about China?
Takuan

that bothers me too.
sylkworm

I’m not surprised. Almost everyone smokes in China. People used to give cigarettes, liquor, and fruits as gifts in exchange for favors or just to pay respects.
karengeier

holy shit. not one person is doubting the veracity of the claim? yes, the child in the video is attempting to emulate smoking he’s witnessed, but there is no actual proof he has a 2 pack a day habit. the source is bizarre magazine, not exactly a bastion of journalistic integrity. I could put any old story with any old video and your brain would fill in the narrative. remember the ‘sushi brain worms” photo hoax? or, perhaps ‘bonsai kitties” is more your style.
sylkworm

Karengeer, I repeat, everyone smokes in China. After 3 weeks in China, I literally had a suit-case completely full of cigarette packs from various acquaintances giving them to me when we went out to eat, or just visiting someone’s house. The yuppie chinese aren’t really into smoking now since it’s kind of passe (they do coffee and pot more), but most of the older generation still smoke like chimneys. And yes, they give them to kids. I had my first shot of liquor at 2.
Anonymous

Hey, if you want to hear something positive about China, head over to The Onion. They’ve got all kinds of heart-warming news from China.
Anonymous

Well, I guess this is a leetle better than fillng your kid’s bottle with Mountain Dew: http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=6863173&pid=26
Lord Xenu

I bet this kid just gave every tobacco executive in the world a raging hardon.
karengeier

Sylkworm… I lived in China. Thanks for your passion on the subject, though!
JIMWICh

Awww… That’s abohorable.
Daemon

And the video has been killed for “terms of use violations”.
bobk

Click on the link and you will see the video. Don’t click on the video graphic this time.
Pantograph

Come on, I could down a shot of vodka at two years of age.

After that stunt my less enlightened and frankly horrified parents made sure I couldn’t reach the table anymore.
darren

Chinese White Trash.