Toddler who smoked 40-a-day kicks his habit

A 2-year-old Indonesian boy whose chain-smoking had shocked the world has reportedly given up.

Ardi Rizal from the island of Sumatra was sent to rehab after pictures spread around the world of him smoking up to 40 cigarettes a day. The clip on ITN's YouTube channel has received over 4 million hits.

The toddler spent 30 days under medical supervision where it was discovered he was also suffering from heart problems. However, this has also been put down to the fact he is overweight.

His parents have had training on how to help him stay off the cigarettes as well after they had struggled to get him to give up.

They said, if denied a cigarette, he would throw tantrums and bang his head against the floor in protest.

It's been reported that more than 30 per cent of children smoke a cigarette before the age of 10 in Indonesia.