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Two-and-a-Half-Year-Old Addicted to Cigarettes 

Jump to full article: China Radio International (CRI) (cn), 2009-06-23
Author: Li Zijuan

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Liangliang, a two-and-a-half-year-old, has been smoking for more than a year. His father gave him the cigarettes to relieve pain from a hernia. [Photo: Bohai Morning Post]

At only two-and-a-half years old, this toddler has been smoking for more than a year and says he enjoys the feeling of blowing smoke, the Bohai Morning Post reports.

Tong Liangliang, who is from Shandong Province and is now living with his parents in Tianjin, smokes at least a pack of cigarettes every day. . . .

With regret and anxiety, Liangliang's parents welcome any advice on a good method to quit smoking.

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