Toddler's therapy for car crash: Ciggies, beer

Updated on: 10 June,2010 07:59 AM IST |
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Forget therapy. This three-year-old turned to booze and nicotine to recover from a horrific road traffic accident

Forget therapy. This three-year-old turned to booze and nicotine to recover from a horrific road traffic accident.

Chinese toddler Ya Wen started downing pints of beer and smoking up to a pack a day after she was struck by a speeding van and spent five days in a coma.

Acting like an adult
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 cigarettes, then the girl turned to stealing them from a store -- before the owner let her have them on credit.

"The first time I found her smoking was in the toilet," her mother said.

The store owner said he assumed the child was buying the cigarettes for dad.

The family lives in a shelter in Huizhou, China, andu00a0 sell garbage for cash. Wen's father recently gave up the smokes to set a good example for his child but she still cries for them.

2-yr old smoker

A chain-smoking toddler in Indonesia threw tantrums if he did not have 40 cigarettes a day. He has managed to curb his addiction, by cutting down to just 15 a day.

Two-year-old Ardi Rizal took up the habit when he was 18 months old. "He's totally addicted," Ardi's 26-year-old mother said.

"If he doesn't get cigarettes, he batters his head against the wall."

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