Toddler Smokes 40 Cigarettes A Day

This chain-smoking toddler has developed a insatiable habit - and puffs through 40 a DAY. Two-and-a-half year old Rapi Ananda Pamungkas started by picking up used butts outside his mum's market stall in Sukabumi, Indonesia. But within days he was hooked - and would constantly pester passing shoppers to give him cigarettes. The adults initially found the youngster's demands endearing and plied him with cigarettes while laughing as he lit up. But Rapi - nicknamed Rap - soon started becoming aggressive and throwing tantrums when he couldn't get his beloved ''meroko'', the local term for cigarettes. Rapi's mother, Maryati, 35, admitted that she buys two packs of cigarettes a day for the boy to stop him from going ''beserk''.