Shocking footage shows a small BOY SMOKING on a London street after the women he is with pass him a cigarette
- Clip was filmed from inside restaurant in Leytonstone, east London, last month
- Boy, who looks around seven or eight, was allegedly smoking for five minutes
- Child was handed cigarette by older woman on crutches who was also smoking
This is the shocking moment a small boy smokes on a London street after the women he is with pass him a cigarette.
In the clip, filmed from inside the restaurant Tex Bites in Leytonstone, east London, a woman on crutches can be seen smoking as she stands with the boy and another woman.
The boy animatedly jumps up and down before the woman holds out her hand and the child grabs the cigarette from her.
In the shocking clip, filmed in Leytonstone, east London, a woman on crutches can be seen smoking as the small boy jumps up and down in excitement
She then passes the cigarette over to the young boy who begins smoking it
He then puffs on the cigarette as the woman berates him and tries to take it back from him.
The boy then finishes smoking and throws it to the ground being stubbing it out with his shoe.
The clip was filmed on July 5 by a 34-year-old courier who lives in the area and was visiting the restaurant with his wife and two kids.
He told MailOnline: ‘They were giving him the cigarette and the boy had clearly been smoking for at least five minutes before I started recording it.
‘The younger lady noticed that we were staring but didn’t really care. As soon as the cigarette was smoked they left.’
In the UK it is illegal for an adult to buy under-18s cigarettes and police have a right to confiscate them from under-16s.
The man who filmed the clip, a 34-year-old courier who lives in the area, said that he had been smoking for at least five minutes before he began recording
After a few seconds the woman berates the small boy and tries to take the cigarette back from him before he drops it to the ground and stubs it out with his shoe
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