Remember The Child Who Smoked 40 Cigarettes A Day? THIS Is What He Looks Like Now
Everyone knows smoking is bad for you. It can cause serious diseases, like emphysema and cancer, and even if you don't get sick from it, it can still cut years off your life. That's what made this story so damn disturbing.
8 years ago, the internet was thrown into an uproar over a boy in Indonesia who smoked 40 cigarettes every single day.
The boy, Ardi Rizal, suffered from a tobacco addiction at a very young age. Ardi was able to kick his addiction, but found himself deep in another addiction: a food addiction.
Ardi was able to quit smoking thanks to a rehabilitation program offered by the Indonesian government. The uproar over Ardi's smoking actually forced the government to crack down on childhood smoking.
"When Ardi first quit smoking he would demand a lot of toys," his mother said. "He would bang his head on the wall if he couldn't get what he wanted.