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A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care.
Ardi Rizal shocked the world when a video of him drawing heavily on cigarettes appeared on the internet in May and drew attention to Indonesia's failure to regulate the tobacco industry.
Six months after his father gave him his first cigarette, the overweight boy was smoking two packs a day and throwing violent tantrums if his addiction was not satisfied.
Accompanied by his mother, the boy left his village on Sumatra island in July to undergo treatment in the capital.
Rizal's case has highlighted the tobacco industry's aggressive marketing to women and children in developing countries like Indonesia, where regulations are weak.
