A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy from the city of Tianjin in China is the world's youngest smoker.
Well, at least the youngest to admit it.
Except he didn't admit it, his dad did, after proudly teaching Tong Liangliang how to spark up between tantrums and milky vomits.
Liangliang's dad said his son was born with a hernia, and being too young for an operation, has taken up smoking to help him deal with the pain.
Now he's a pack-a-day man. Pack-a-day toddler. And he won't give up, screaming and throwing himself on the floor if he's refused a durry.
"The father wasn't aware how serious the toddler's habit had become until the child began to increase the number of cigarettes he smoked per day," news agency CRI said.
The Guinness Book of World Records is unlikely to accept the feat, as it has refused such requests before on the grounds that it "promoted a harmful habit".
I would say his dad should be in jail over that, but probably along the lines of the shit Jack Trammiel pulled when he was with Commodore, there might not be a law on the books for something like this (yet), although it seems to me Child Endangerment would suffice.
Darryl B. wrote:Well THAT'S absolutely disgusting.
I would say his dad should be in jail over that, but probably along the lines of the shit Jack Trammiel pulled when he was with Commodore, there might not be a law on the books for something like this (yet), although it seems to me Child Endangerment would suffice.
If this was the US, yes, it would be child endangerment. But China has much different laws, and very leiniant smoking laws. Still very said. The kid may get emphysema by high school.
One burning question that will remain with him until his dying days....."Was my victory really worth the price I had to pay?"
We're talking about people that still eat cats and dogs. They know smoking's bad, they just don't care. The parents are looking at it from the point of view of "well, if he gets sick and dies, that solves that problem."
Rob wrote:We're talking about people that still eat cats and dogs. They know smoking's bad, they just don't care. The parents are looking at it from the point of view of "well, if he gets sick and dies, that solves that problem."
Yeah, they also do forced abortions and infanticide.
One burning question that will remain with him until his dying days....."Was my victory really worth the price I had to pay?"
