Chinese toddler Ya Wen started downing pints and smoking up to a pack a day after being struck by a speeding van and spending five days in a coma, her parents told the
Yangcheng Evening Post.
"She likes drinking," her mother, Gao Wen, said.
"Three glasses of beer is no problem to her."
Gao Wen said her daughter's personality changed dramatically and she started acting like an adult shortly after leaving the hospital.
First, she was busted hiding in the toilet smoking her dad's cigs. Then she began stealing them from a store - until the owner let her have them on credit.
"The first time I found her smoking was in the toilet," her mother said.
"Before that, I often saw cigarette butts in the toilet but thought they were my husband's, until I saw my daughter smoking there."
The store owner said he assumed the child was buying the butts for Dear Old Dad, adding that the child would take up to two packs away at a time.
The family lives in a shelter in
Huizhou,
China, and collects and sells garbage for cash.
Ya Wen's father recently gave up smoking to set a good example for his child but she still cries for them.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian tot who made headlines with his habit is cutting down.
Ardi Rizal, 2, used to throw tantrums if he didn't have 40 cigarettes a day but he is down to just 15 a day.
"He's totally addicted," Ardi's mother, Diana, 26, said recently.
"If he doesn't get cigarettes, he gets angry and screams and batters his head against the wall. He tells me he feels dizzy and sick."
My question is: do you think the mother should let her kid smoke after she found this out?
