A two-year-old boy who had a 40-a-day smoking habit has managed to QUIT after being given a year's supply of MILK and BISCUITS. Rapi Ananda Pamungkas was puffing his way through two packets a day after getting hooked by picking up used butts outside his mum's food stall in Sukabumi, Indonesia, in June this year.
The habit got so bad the tot would constantly pester passing adults to give him cigarettes and he would ''go berserk'' if he could not smoke. Rapi's mother, Maryati, 35, admitted she was buying the toddler cigarettes to calm him down. She said: ''My child is used to smoking while drinking coffee and eating cake.''He has been smoking every day for around two months."If I don't give him a cigarette, my child goes berserk.''His favourite activity was smoking while drinking coffee and he needed a cigarette to sleep at night. Maryati was seen last week with her son Rapi and his father Misbahudin, 40, at the local market. The toddler was casually holding a cigarette with a scowl on his face. But following media attention, doctors and government officials visited the family's home in the remote West Java regency of the country last week. Rapi was given several boxes of biscuits and formula milk with the local council making supplies available for the next year for him.
They also gave him toys to keep him occupied and are trying to find sports that he can take part in. The toddler's mother, Maryati, 35, was also ''educated'' about the dangers of smoking and ordered to show her son graphic pictures of cigarette-induced illnesses every time he demands to smoke. On Monday she said: "Yes, he's stopped smoking. I am happy. My child has not smoked for the past two days.''Before I was afraid not to let him smoke. This morning I went to the market, and Rapi does not go berserk to ask for cigarettes and coffee.''Now for two days, he has not asked. He looks at the cigarette butts on the floor but does not pick them up."Usually, he would take them and suck them.''Speaking in a video of Monday's health check-up, Maman Surahman, Head of the Cibadak Public Health Center, said: ''We, from the health centre, are responsible for handling the child's nutrition.
"After the health centre became involved, his condition has improved and the problem has gone away.''In order to stop him from smoking, we have given education to the parents."When children ask for cigarettes, they must be given scary images. This will make the child afraid."These are images of skulls, hollow throat, and so on.''Doing this means that gradually this child has stopped smoking. We are also coordinating the government for monitoring him."This is not only the responsibility of the Health Office."The therapy will also be a collaboration with the Office of Social Affairs.''A two-year-old boy who had a 40-a-day smoking habit has managed to QUIT - after being given a year's supply of MILK and BISCUITS. Rapi Ananda Pamungkas was puffing his way through two packets a day after getting hooked by picking up used butts outside his mum's food stall in Sukabumi, Indonesia, in June this year. The habit got so bad the tot would constantly pester passing adults to give him cigarettes and he would ''go berserk'' if he could not smoke. Rapi's mother, Maryati, 35, admitted she was buying the toddler cigarettes to calm him down.'s mother, Maryati, 35, admitted she was buying the toddler cigarettes to calm him down.
The habit got so bad the tot would constantly pester passing adults to give him cigarettes and he would ''go berserk'' if he could not smoke. Rapi's mother, Maryati, 35, admitted she was buying the toddler cigarettes to calm him down. She said: ''My child is used to smoking while drinking coffee and eating cake.''He has been smoking every day for around two months."If I don't give him a cigarette, my child goes berserk.''His favourite activity was smoking while drinking coffee and he needed a cigarette to sleep at night. Maryati was seen last week with her son Rapi and his father Misbahudin, 40, at the local market. The toddler was casually holding a cigarette with a scowl on his face. But following media attention, doctors and government officials visited the family's home in the remote West Java regency of the country last week. Rapi was given several boxes of biscuits and formula milk with the local council making supplies available for the next year for him.
They also gave him toys to keep him occupied and are trying to find sports that he can take part in. The toddler's mother, Maryati, 35, was also ''educated'' about the dangers of smoking and ordered to show her son graphic pictures of cigarette-induced illnesses every time he demands to smoke. On Monday she said: "Yes, he's stopped smoking. I am happy. My child has not smoked for the past two days.''Before I was afraid not to let him smoke. This morning I went to the market, and Rapi does not go berserk to ask for cigarettes and coffee.''Now for two days, he has not asked. He looks at the cigarette butts on the floor but does not pick them up."Usually, he would take them and suck them.''Speaking in a video of Monday's health check-up, Maman Surahman, Head of the Cibadak Public Health Center, said: ''We, from the health centre, are responsible for handling the child's nutrition.
"After the health centre became involved, his condition has improved and the problem has gone away.''In order to stop him from smoking, we have given education to the parents."When children ask for cigarettes, they must be given scary images. This will make the child afraid."These are images of skulls, hollow throat, and so on.''Doing this means that gradually this child has stopped smoking. We are also coordinating the government for monitoring him."This is not only the responsibility of the Health Office."The therapy will also be a collaboration with the Office of Social Affairs.''A two-year-old boy who had a 40-a-day smoking habit has managed to QUIT - after being given a year's supply of MILK and BISCUITS. Rapi Ananda Pamungkas was puffing his way through two packets a day after getting hooked by picking up used butts outside his mum's food stall in Sukabumi, Indonesia, in June this year. The habit got so bad the tot would constantly pester passing adults to give him cigarettes and he would ''go berserk'' if he could not smoke. Rapi's mother, Maryati, 35, admitted she was buying the toddler cigarettes to calm him down.'s mother, Maryati, 35, admitted she was buying the toddler cigarettes to calm him down.