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A seven-year-old boy who has been smoking since he was just THREE now smokes 16 fags daily —after cutting down from three packets a day.

Dihan Awalidan, from West Java in Indonesia, likes smoking very much. Together with three of his friends, Nawan, 11, Jujun, 7 and Dede, 8, Dihan lights up about 16 times a day—and his parents say they're powerless to stop him.

He buys his cigarettes with pocket money or steals coins from his mother's purse to fund the habit.

Both his parents smoke and despite his parents' and teachers' pleading, the young boy is unable to quit and often disappears to nearby to smoke.

His father Iyan, 36, said, "Dihan has been smoking since the age of three. At that time he could smoke three packs of cigarettes. If he was not given cigarette money, he would get angry or steal cigarettes." Now Dihan has cut down, but refuses to quit completely.

“Indonesia is one of the tobacco industry's key playgrounds. It is the fifth largest tobacco market in the world and one third of young people have tried a cigarette before the age of 10. It is a government that is failing to protect its children. Indonesia has more young people smoking under the age of 10 than any other country that has been identified. It is a failure of government and it is a failure of industry. More than 61 million people in Indonesia smoke and two thirds of the male population are hooked on the habit,”he also said.

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