A 4 year old boy in a Chinese village has become a heavy smoker, the habit he picked up when he was just two. Smoking by Dong Dong of Banaqiao village, near Feidong town in eastern China’s Anhui province, came as a big shock to the doctor of a children’s hospital. His family, who run a grocery store, say they have been unable to stop him from stealing cigarettes, reports the Jianghuai Morning Post. Dong lives with his grandparents, who run the shop, because his parents are migrant workers in another city. They say he started smoking by mimicking adults. “When he needs cigarettes, he just takes them from the house or steals a pack from the store. We just can’t seem to stop him,” said Dong’s grandmother. They say Dong, who reportedly also drinks alcohol, learned to walk and talk later than other children of the same age in the village.
(FPJ 02/10/2009)
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