A very sad video has shown the really shocking moment a dad appears to teach his little daughter how to smoke.

The video, which seems to have been taken by the father, shows a man's hand holding a cigarette to the little girl's lips.

The girl, barely three years old, takes a puff and breathes out the fumes before looking to her dad for approval.

He then offers her a second drag.

The Sun UK reports that the sick footage was filmed in Saudi Arabia. It has been viewed more than 226,000 times.

It has infuriated viewers on social media.

One wrote: "That is disgusting. The dad should be locked up, it's child abuse!"