Baby at 2 smokes! Shocking!
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Luke1993
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My guess is it's for publicity, no doubt they'll rake in the cash once a documentary and interviews about this boy are made. There's no other reason I can think of why they would get him hooked.
I'm also skeptical about this boy's age, he does look a bit older than 2, (Maybe the cigarettes have done that to him?)
I'm also skeptical about this boy's age, he does look a bit older than 2, (Maybe the cigarettes have done that to him?)
agoraphobickatie
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in the video, it looks like he 'inhales' fast as sh!t! either he's just blowing the smoke from his mouth or i'm a slow smoker, ha.. either way, it's sad and pretty pathetic on the parent's part =/
I once read about a smoking chimpanzee. Pretty weird.
Danfalc
Banned
Yeah it's a messed up world we live in,I see 15 year old's round my estate addicted to crack,I heard about a kid at 12 being addicted to heroin and this is the uk :
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hangbi92
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There an update about him:
YouTube - Smoking Toddler 10 Years Later
YouTube - Smoking Toddler 10 Years Later
Masychefx2
Banned
man thats terrible you can see the damge its done to his skin
Dronee
1
Things like this don't surprise me. This is just completely unrestrained market forces at work and the logical result of that. Well maybe not the economics itself, but the philosophy of chasing bottom lines/ profits at any cost.
If you study economics, this would raise some interesting questions along the negative externality / public good / freedom of choice... line of thought. Sorry, been a long time since I took economics, may have gotten the terms messed up.
But yeah... Why be shocked? If I were forced to guess, I'd say that this trend is happening all over the world, just at a slower rate. The average age of smokers keep getting lower all the time and because it's gradual, we're likely to accept it more and more. And somehow, it wouldn't surprise me at all if three decades down the road, we'll have people screaming that we should allow kids as early as these toddlers to start smoking... Because it's their freedom of choice.
If you study economics, this would raise some interesting questions along the negative externality / public good / freedom of choice... line of thought. Sorry, been a long time since I took economics, may have gotten the terms messed up.
But yeah... Why be shocked? If I were forced to guess, I'd say that this trend is happening all over the world, just at a slower rate. The average age of smokers keep getting lower all the time and because it's gradual, we're likely to accept it more and more. And somehow, it wouldn't surprise me at all if three decades down the road, we'll have people screaming that we should allow kids as early as these toddlers to start smoking... Because it's their freedom of choice.
be_noticed
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i hope this doesnt become a documentary on channel 4 :l