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Boy, 2, has pack-a-day habit

TIANJIN, China (UPI) -- The parents of a 2-year-old in China who smokes at least a pack of cigarettes a day say they are seeking advice to help the toddler quit.

Toddler Tong Liangliang of Tianjin, China, was allowed to begin smoking by his father more than a year ago to help control pain from a hernia with which he was born, but his parents say the toddler's habit has gotten out of control, China Radio International reported Tuesday.

The boy's father said he made the decision because the toddler is too young to have an operation to correct the hernia.

However, the parents told the Bohai Morning Post Liangliang's habit has gotten out of control and they are seeking methods of helping the toddler quit.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 07/01/2009

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07-05-2009 00:22

Bob wrote:

This truly is weird news. In fact I sincerely have trouble buying into this almost as much as when these pages reported Hamas was going to release Galit or most recently the nuclear inspector in Iran who said in essence that the Iranian nuclear program is not a destructive grade. Actually, I buy into the 2 yr old smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day more reasonable.

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07-04-2009 18:11

ros 1 wrote:

Toddler smoking cigarettes

I have to agree wholey with your comment on this subject on who are the parents of this toddler,who gave him the ciggies in the first place ,i`ve nevr herad of ciggies being used as pain relief this is a myth to me ,hope this child doesnt grow up to love fire also because how else is he lighting his ciggies apart from with a lighter doh i think his parents have to grow up let alone the two year old .

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07-03-2009 18:49

Barbara wrote:

Pack-A-Day Habit

The story clearly states he was given the cigarettes for pain relief. No one decided it would be cute to have a small child smoking. The real question here is why are these parents not able to obtain some type of pain killer from a physician.

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07-03-2009 15:39

Alice wrote:

WHO is the parent here? If you don't want your baby to smoke, DON'T GIVE HIM CIGARETTES! DUH! Put up with the 3 days of crying while he withdraws. Besides, if he's smoking, he won't be able to have that hernia operation anyway, because his lungs won't be healthy enough to withstand anesthesia.

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07-03-2009 12:54

kotoc wrote:

This is appalling!! Why in the world would someone give a baby cigarettes to smoke?? I don't think there is ANY justification for this crime.

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