Shocked after viewing more than two dozen home videos online that feature parents giving cigarettes to young children, anti-smoking activists urged police on Monday to heavily punish anyone found guilty of such 'shameless and detestable' acts. The John Tung Foundation publicized the 22 video clips at a press conference after exposing two similar home videos on Aug. 17 that circulated on YouTube. The foundation said that since then it received more video clips sent to the foundation by web users who downloaded them from local community websites, including social networking site Wretch. They show that 'forcing children to smoke is not an isolated incident' in Taiwan, foundation chief executive Yao Si-yuan said. The videos were placed on the 'family love, ' 'learn and growth' and 'fun and entertainment' pages, proof that the videos were made to entertain people, the foundation said in a statement. The adults in the videos are seen treating smoking children as a kind of performance at family gatherings, encouraging some children to hold a cigarette in their mouths to imitate older family members, the foundation said. One of the videos featured a two-to-three-month-old baby with a cigarette in its mouth. Another clip showed an adult forcibly remove a straw from a toddler's mouth and replace it with a cigarette. At the press conference, actor-turned-volunteer Sun Yueh urged the government to take measures to prevent parents from encouraging children to smoke as a form of entertainment. Consumers' Foundation Vice Chairwoman Su Chin-hsia said that under the Children and Youth Welfare Act and the Tobacco Hazard Act, anyone who offers underage people cigarettes or encourages them to smoke is subject to a fine of between NT$10,000 (US$313) and NT$50,000. Her foundation urged police to take legal action against the parents in the video clips, Su said. 