I’m not sure which is worse - the fact that this little boy is smoking, or the fact that the “adult” was willing to give him a cigarette. I hope the kid doesn’t ask for a tumbler of vodka, too. Cripes. 
A boy smokes a cigarette, which he bummed from the man next to him, at Sangke grassland in Xiahe, western China’s Gansu province, August 13, 2006. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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Not every chinese father to do so. Most of them are good.
- Posted by flora[...] Retrieved from Reuters Newsblogs I’m not sure which is worse - the fact that this little boy is smoking, or the fact that the adult was willing to give him a cigarette. I hope the kid doesn’t ask for a tumbler of vodka, too. Cripes. [...]
- Posted by Swobodin’s Blog » Blog Archive » Thank you for smokingAuditions for China’s first Marlboro Toddler® concluded with “Buckey” Yun of Shang Hai congratulated as the lucky winner.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksIt’s all about building up that immunity.
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks“Give,” heck! The kid works 14 hours a day and can pay for his own smokes.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksNike: Just smoke it.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWinston tastes good, like a cigarette should. No filter, more flavor
da da da da da da-da.
(I hate when I can’t remember the words)
- Posted by Shawn HendricksLike you’ve never heard of an American three-year-old being given a hit from a crack pipe!
- Posted by Shawn HendricksHe was walking at 22 weeks, out of diapers by 14 months, smoking by age two and doing integral calculus by age two-and-a-half. The downside is the string of pregnant lingeree models turning up at the front door and asking for the kid in a dozen languages.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksAnd I say to myself
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWhat a wonderful world
I predict a rise in RJ Reynolds stock price.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksIf only we made tobacco babyfood, we’d acheive true market saturation in China.
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks