The Indonesian 'Smoking Baby' Who Blew 40 Cigarettes a Day: Where Is Ardi Rizal Now, and How Was It Ever Allowed?
The Indonesian 'Smoking Baby' Who Blew 40 Cigarettes a Day Ardi Rizal transformed after overcoming severe nicotine and food addictions.. Source: The Daily Dazzling Dawn In 2010, viral footage of a two-year-old toddler in rural Sumatra, Indonesia, shocking the world by puffing through 40 cigarettes a day made global headlines. Today, social media rumors frequently claim that Ardi Rizal died young from lung cancer. However, those reports are false: Ardi is alive, healthy, and completely nicotine-free. The Rescue and the Battle with Addiction When international outrage reached a boiling point, the Indonesian government stepped in. Under the care of child psychologist Dr. Seto Mulyadi, Ardi was placed into intensive rehabilitation in Jakarta. Quitting was a brutal ...