Toddler Aldi Rizal stunned the world when it was revealed he had a 40-a-day smoking
habit at just two years old. Aldi became an international media sensation when he was discovered in a poor village in Sumatra, Indonesia, puffing on a cigarette while riding his tricycle.
He would bang his head on the wall if he couldn't get what he wanted. That's why I get him
cigarettes in the first place - because of his temper and his crying. His mother Daine said
Aldi was taken for play therapy sessions in the capital Jakarta for two weeks to take
his mind off his 40-a-day habit
A new documentary series revisits the family two years on to find out how Aldi is getting on
and reveals he has managed to stay off the cigarettes, but is still dangerously unhealthy.
His mother Diane Rizal, 28, said: 'There are many people still offering Aldi cigarettes, but
Aldi no. He says "I love Kak Seto. He would be sad if I started smoking again and made
myself ill."
Now Aldi has picked up a new addiction - to food. His huge appetite has seen him
gorge on junk food and fatty snacks
Mrs Rizal said the strong-willed little boy now demands food in the same way he used to
beg for cigarettes, and the family struggles not to give in to his tantrums.
Aldi weighs nearly four stone, double what he should be for a child his age, and medics
have urged his mother to put her son on a diet
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