An ABC News crew traveled deep into the countryside on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to reconnect with the smoking baby, possibly the most well-recognized celebrity of the YouTube video viral age. Correspondent Dan Harris discovered that Aldi has kicked the habit though his parents often bribe him with new toys to keep him away from cigarettes.

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Over a year ago a YouTube video of a 2-year-old Indonesian child smoking a cigarette spread like wildfire on the Internet. The toddler named Aldi made national news and upset the world with his 40-cigarettes-a-day habit.

A reporter originally spotted the smoking toddler in the fishing village of Musi Banyuasin, in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province and took the footage. A news report featuring the video has been viewed over 13 million times on YouTube.

A few weeks after the media firestorm, Indonesian health officials stepped in and placed the tot in rehab. “He has quit smoking!” Arist Merdeka Sirait, National commission for child protection secretary-general, announced in September 2010.

A year after Aldi gave up cigarettes, ABC’s “20/20” checked in on the toddler. Correspondent Dan Harris traveled down a bumpy, dirt road to a mud hut where he meet the boy who is now 4 years old.

“Are you still smoking?” Harris asked.

“I don’t anymore, but I miss it,” said the chubby-cheeked Aldi, who was sporting a pair of cool sunglasses.

Harris asked the mom about his son’s nicotine addicion. She said that Aldi used to throw tantrums and even got sick when he was denied a cigarette, but the rehab helped and now the parents only have to bribe him with new toys to stop him from smoking. Although the mother did admit that her son recently puffed on a cigarette when a local gave him one at the market.

Aldi’s mother says tourists and locals like giving her son cigarettes and once he has one in his hand it’s difficult to pull it away from him.

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