© ABC/Splash NewsAldi Rizal who gained infamy as a two year old smoker is now a chubby 4-year-old living in Sumatra, Indonesia
Ardi Rizal was found by a US news show and became famous when a shocking video of him puffing on a cigarette went viral.
The show found that Rizal wasn't an isolated case in the country however when they discovered another smoker aged just two called Chairul, who lives in a fishing village in Eastern Java.
He was shown lighting up a cigarette straight after waking up from a nap, with help from his granddad.
The grandfather told the show he allows Chairul to smoke because it tastes good, 'like bread with chocolate.'
As Chairul smokes beside him, he said he doesn't think it is a problem. 'He sometimes smokes two packs a day,' he said.
© Ardilles Rante/Barcroft MediaAldi Rizal shocked the world two years ago with his smoking habit at such a young age
It's all right, he said, 'as long as he drinks enough coffee with his cigarettes.'
In another town, ABC's 20/20 programme found seven-year-old Maulana, who even blows out rings of smoke as his mother watches on. He is said to smoke a pack a day.
© ABCABC's 20/20 also found seven-year-old Maulana, who can blow smoke rings
The show accuses tobacco companies of exploiting loose advertising rules to target young people in a country where there is no age limit to buy cigarettes.
Eventually, the show's crew tracked down Ardi, now a chubby 4-year-old living in Sumatra, who was wearing some flamboyant sunglasses.
© ABCTwo-year-old Chairul was shown lighting up a cigarette straight after waking up from a nap
But his mother said he uses it as a threat.
'If I don't buy him toys, he threatens to start smoking again,' said his mother.
Asked if he still smokes, he replies that he will 'never smoke again'.
But his mother said she caught him with a cigarette recently because people in town offer them to him when he visits.
Where I come from they call this "tee-hee journalism." Spectatorism.
But be that as it may, this is interesting.
For one thing, many people in Indonesia smoke clove cigarettes known as "kreteks." They have an interesting smell compared to the low-quality smokes we put up with in the US, and apparently even more medicinal qualities.
But to smoke at such a young age is unusual. The photos provided are mildly helpful, but the "reporter" failed to ask the older boy questions that would have been obvious to me. I would have asked him to describe the "time before" to me, the last time he had an adult body. That would probably unravel it a bit.
It's just a shot in the dark, but that's what it looks like to me. These kids are still being whoever they were before they died. Get them to talk about that a bit and they'd probably lose interest in the old personality after a while and find one more appropriate to their current situations.