Ardi Rizal, the baby who, at just 18 months old, went viral on social networks for smoking cigarettes, is no longer so small today and his uncertain future due to his addiction is already a little clearer, although in previous years he impressed public opinion public.
In 2010, the Indonesian baby caused a stir around the world and parents were branded bad parents due to the addiction of the little one, combined with being overweight that did not leave a promising future in terms of health, wrote Semana.
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This is what Ardi Rizal looks like, the baby who smoked 40 cigarettes a day
In the video that went viral 12 years ago, Rizal was seen riding a tricycle, with his diaper and a cigarette in his mouth.
At that moment, a story of addiction began for the little boy, who is now 14 years old. When he was just an infant, his own father provided him with cigarettes and soon after, he began to steal them himself in the village square of Teluk Kemang, near the city of Sumatra.
In addition to his addiction to cigarettes, which reached such an extreme that he smoked 40 cigarettes a day, another worrying aspect regarding the child’s future was his overweight.
With this lethal combination, no one gave him hope for life and they assured that his health would be compromised.
However, “the boy was able to quit smoking,” his parents, Diane and Mohamed Rizal, reported to the Daily Mail. But giving up cigarettes gave him another addiction, food. He “she began to eat compulsively and uncontrollably. In addition to eating junk food, he takes up to three bottles of condensed milk a day, ”they added.
Today, the teenager and his parents assure that “they were hard times”, this in reference to the fact that after the video went viral, the parents were accused of cruelty for allowing the child to smoke.
Rizal’s degree of addiction was so advanced that when his parents decided to cut him off, he threatened to hurt himself. On some occasions he carried out his threats.
“The first thing I did was confiscate the cigarettes and he would throw a tantrum. He started hitting his head and even stabbed himself in the knee with a knife, ”Ardi’s mother told international media.
At that time the overweight increased. Quitting the addiction to cigarettes caused him anxiety and he ate non-stop, which increased his body weight to levels that were dangerous for his health.
Now Rizal adheres to a strict diet and only eats fish and vegetables. In addition, the young man conveys the message to society about how complicated cigarette addiction is and the hard process of quitting. (YO)
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