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He may have avoided being caught on camera in the act, but President Obama has publicly acknowledged his struggle to quit smoking. So when the Surgeon General's 30th tobacco-related report was released this morning, it was a good bet that White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs would be asked about the issue.
"I have not seen or witnessed evidence of any smoking in probably nine months," Gibbs said today when asked how hard the president had been working to stop the deadly habit. "This is not something that he's proud of. He knows that it's not good for him. He knows that it's -- he doesn't like children to know about it, obviously, including his. I think he has worked extremely hard."
Today's Surgeon General's report, entitled "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease," notes that there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke, that second-hand tobacco smoke can cause vascular problems linked to heart attacks and strokes, and that the danger from tobacco smoke is immediate.
Gibbs said he believed the president continued to chew nicotine replacement gum to curb his cravings.
"I think he would tell you, even when in the midst of the tax agreement and the START deal and all the other things that accumulate, that even where he might have once found some comfort in that he's pushed it away," he said. "He understands its dangers and I think has done a lot of extraordinary work to wrestle with that habit as millions of Americans have."
When asked whether not having witnessed the president smoking means he had quit, Gibbs responded "For that nine months, yes," but added that the president would be the first to admit that quitting is "a struggle."
"He's stubborn," Gibbs went on, when asked how Obama managed to curb his smoking, sparking laughter in the press room. "This is something that he's thought about for a while. This is something he's aware is not something that's in doing (sic) in his best interests or his health."
So has the president really kicked the habit? That may be unknowable for those who don't actually live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but the press secretary is a longtime aide and friend to the president and spends a great deal of time with him.
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As someone who is cigarette free for 7 years now, I wish you all the best Mr. President. I think the best method would be; whenever you feel a craving for a cigarette, think about your lovely daughters. That should kick the craving right then and there.
So what the article is really saying is that obama still smokes. And if he thinks he is fooling the family by sneaking around smoking not in their presence, the only fool is him. People can smell the cigarette smoke on the smoker's clothes, breath, etc. the only plus to not smoking in front of the girls is that he is forcing them to enjoy his second-hand smoke.
Actually, it said no such thing. You need to go back and actually READ the article. It said that there has been no evidence of his smoking in nine months and that he continues to chew nicotine replacement gum.
The REST OF THE STORY is that Obama didn't even consider quitting in earnest UNTIL he found out that there has not been a "cigarette smoker" elected President since FDR!! Then he made a deal with Michelle in 2007 to STOP if she would support his bid for election. He's been chewing nicotine gum for almost 48 months now . . . however a person only truly kicks a bad habit IF he sincerely wishes to - regardless of what "stressful" reasons (or excuses) he uses to JUSTIFY & rationalize his behavior.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6255658-503544.html
Yet what strikes one the most is that his oldest daughter MALIA HAS ASTHMA . . . and to everyone who understands what can trigger attacks & make asthma symptoms worse - - it's so terribly distressing that it took "running for POTUS" for him to finally make a concentrated effort (at least publicly) to quit smoking. For a Father who "dotes on his children" . . . wouldn't folks think that he would have given up cigarettes when they were born - if not when Malia was diagnosed with asthma? (imho it's clearly selfish & irresponsible)
And what OTHERS have done while in Office is still not an excuse to keep smoking as a FATHER with young children - one of which is ASTHMATIC!!
Specifically back to Thinker and History Buff: Your horse is so high, hope you don't fall off and hurt something. My question would be do either of you drink - which is the single most dangerous, disastrous habit causing dysfunction in families, causing death, and changing the lives of anyone around a drinker; do you exercise daily, are in you shape, are you fit and trim, not overweight at all? Do you have your routine medical tests for prostate cancer, colon cancer, and breast cancer? Do you get a pap smear when told it should be done? Do you smoke pot, sniff, inject or mainline drugs or other substances, do you eat only healthy foods, no fast foods? Do you sunbathe? Many other things could be added here. No, smoking is not good for you, nor are so many other things, including financial stress, marital stress, divorce (how does that affect your kids for the rest of their lives). There is nothing so grating as sanctimoniousness. Live your own life and let others live theirs....
There are none of us getting out of here alive....and we all have our crosses to bear.
@history buff and "thinker"- just because someone smokes doesn't automatically mean they smoke in front on or in the vicinity of their children. i know that way too many people smoke in the car, or home while children are present and it disgusts me but i would like to think that our president is a little smarter than that and refrains from smoking in his daughters' presence. the article states he doesn't like his children to know about it and so therefore, i would assume, he would not light up in front of them.
true-realist - congrats to you; I've been a former smoker now for over 12 years. It was definitely one of the hardest things I have done in my life, especially since my wife continues to smoke (I had previously convinced myself that I "couldn't" quit until she quit). But at some point, the desire to not smoke has to overtake the desire want a cigarette, or quitting is extraordinarily difficult. Some do it with gum, some with meds, some with sheer willpower. For me, willpower was enough, but I always wish anyone struggling to quit the very best, because I know how hard it can be.
The best to you on this difficult challenge, Mr. President. Hopefully you will be able to kick this habit.
The thinker made a good point; keep second hand smoking away from anyone. Now, I have always maintained that building ventilation system should handle smoke extract like holding the suction bit to a vacuum system piped to a drain. Customers in Korean restaurants should be allowed to smoke since the tables normally have an extract system over the BBQ grill.
Which is my point. If he has truly quit smoking, his children knowing about it would be a non-issue. He has openly admitted that he quit snorting cocaine (an illegal act) and he doesn't care if they know that yet he tries to hide the fact that he "QUIT" smoking (a legal act)?
So how does it feel to be so grating?
My point is that if he has really quit smoking why is this news? How many other people of prominence have quit smoking years ago and aren't being highlighted?
Cathy
don't mistake your own partisanship for those who are merely disappointed that Obama would choose to still smoke after his daughters were born - ESPECIALLY after his eldest daughter was diagnosed with asthma
if Obama wants to continue to smoke - that's his choice
if you have kids too - and choose to keep smoking - that's your own decision as well
BUT if one of your children has ASTHMA - then you have to stop & wonder just what are your priorities?
are you a narcissistic personality who only cares about yourself? do you put your own "wants" above those of your family?
nowadays it is well recognized that alcoholism is also a disease . . . is smoking also a disease (before it turns into a cancer)?! or is it an addiction that yes is oh so hard to quit. however - no one can break an addiction (inc. alcoholism) unless that person TRULY WANTS TO in the first place . . .
so don't keep making excuses for those who choose to continue their own destructive behaviors -- that makes you an enabler
contact Al-Anon or http://www.recoveryconnection.org/support_groups/drug-alcohol-addiction-support-groups.php if you need help bearing your cross . . . there are many out here more than willing to help
no that doesn't mean that they smoke in front of their children
. . . however SMOKE - nicotine & tar can quickly PERMEATE your clothing, hair, skin & be absorbed by the body (no matter what "precautions" you might try) so while you may not be aware of your own :p ODOR -- it can still cause an ASTHMATIC ATTACK!!
my strongest disappoint with Obama is not so much that he still chooses to smoke (yes he's an adult and you're right - it's really nobody else's business) . . . it's that HE KEPT RIGHT ON SMOKING AFTER HIS OWN DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA
ESPECIALLY after they made such a big deal of having to pick a dog which is "allergy free" (although there is NO such animal!) BECAUSE 12yr old MALIA HAS ASTHMA!!
BUT let's all "chillax" when it comes to SMOKING??
well whatever floats your boat I guess
. . . to all those out there truly trying to QUIT SMOKING - I sincerely wish you well (I have already lost far too many relatives to cancer - not to care about & have compassion for those who try & fail . . . as well as those who "can't or won't" kick the habit . . . and for those who have finally won the battle - may you FOREVER "win the war")
HistoryBuff is correct. The smell permeates your clothing, your hair, your breath. There is no way for children to not know that their parents are smokers.
I hope all who wish to quit find the courage and strength to do so. It is not like drink; it is not like most drugs. The smoking addiction is likened to Heroin addiction in its pernicious recidivism.
So, if Obama can't do it for himself, but can do it for his children - that might be the best treatment method going. Here's hoping that all of you smokers out there can quit, clearing the air for your children and for those of us who do not smoke. Trust me, we can smell it on you.
On another note, perhaps this is why we see little fits of pique from our normally stoic President?
Being a smoker who has unsuccessfully tried to quit many times, I can admire Obama's efforts in at least this. He has a rough job, many critics (both domestic and foreign), and definitely more nerve-wracking reasons to continue smoking than any of us.
I've known some folks who have 'quit' for five years or longer and gone back and on more than one occasion. On the other hand I've seen others who had chain smoked for years and quit cold turkey with no apparent negative effects in fact my dad smoked for over 30 years and quit one day and is still quit almost 40 years later. Every day without a cigarette is a good one for a 'former' smoker.
He better not quit, he's going to need a puff after we kick him out!
Good lord! You can't give Obama ANY credit for trying to do something right? This is why I will NEVER become a Republican! You must work in the tobacco industy to have that callus of a heart!
As a smoker who hasn't smoked for over 7 years (and smoked for 25 before quitting), it is a huge battle and while I don't agree with everything he is doing and has done in the past, I take my hat off to him on this, and others should too.
Thank you!
You Lucy, are the reason republicans are viewed by so many as creepy! Do you sit and think about how to be so caustic and cold or does it come naturally to you?
Please understand how conservatives feel about a President that even conservatives like myself voted for looking for change only to find out that he and his gang immediately got to work behind closed doors shunning input from the other party while ramming big government down our throats. That was not the change we were looking for. I have read many messages lately from liberals that castigate anybody that does not support their agenda. I know many are still in shock from the beating their party took in this last election when the majority of this country stood up and said that's enough, but their leaders had some of us onboard until they showed us it was about nothing but power and that they would sell this country out to maintain it. Great opportunity squandered.
Lucy - I really despise people like you. And there are so damned many of them. Obviously he still smokes. Leave it to someone to make it political. It was fine when Republicans backed the tobacco industry for al those years. Give it a rest. Look in the mirror. That should provide you with someone worth of your disdain.
Lucy isn't a Republican, she's a Christian. Can't you guys tell the difference in terms of levels of hate?
Thanks for the laugh, Lucy. President Obama won 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes in 2008 (more than any president in over 20 years). In 2012 he will win an even larger share. Go ahead and lie to yourself and say he's going to win. There is no one of the pathetic field of candidates on the repug side that can come even close to beating him.
Vince, please give me the name of the drugs your on
Lucy,
You must never have smoked or least never became addicted to tobacco. I smoked on and off for twenty-five years. Twice I quit for two and one-half years. Finally, after many tries I have been tobacco free for just over fifteen years. I told somone just yesterday that if I was told I had six weeks to live the first thing I would do is go out and buy a pack of cigarettes. I still want one every day. That, my dear Lucy, is how much of a struggle it is.
If you have smoked then your comment was heartless because you know of the struggle. If you have never smoked then may God grant you a little compassion for those of us struggling to stay tobacco free.
LL
Lucy I'm a dem and I understand it was a joke.It's funny thogh that the white house( Michelle) wants to outlaw foods that are bad for us yet he stills smokes.Hypocritical?
Top recipients of big tobacco campaign contributions in 09/10: Behold the Republican leadership.
1
Burr, Richard (R-NC)
Senate
$114,251
2
Meek, Kendrick B (D-FL)
House
$82,975
3
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)
Senate
$35,900
4
Rubio, Marco (R-FL)
$35,200
5
Camp, Dave (R-MI)
House
$34,050
6
Boehner, John (R-OH)
House
$32,000
7
Hurt, Robert (R-VA)
$30,750
8
Crist, Charlie (I-FL)
$28,800
9
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
House
$24,950
opensecrets.org - look it up.
What a bimbo!!! AND who of the GOP has a chance against Obama in 2012???
Birds of a feather fly together, my bets Lucy wants another bimbo Palin...
Today's Surgeon Generals report, entitled "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease:
So what does the Surgeon Generals report say about "Hanging out with Republicans Causes Vomiting and Brain Damage!
Capt.Smash- I believe the proper medical term is 'Paling around" with..... Not "hanging around" with..... The rest of the message is correct, however.
"Paling" ?
Yeah- like 'Paling around with terrorists' or whatever that nonsense was back in 2008.
It's pal'n or palling, no? Does Palin even know?
"Palin around with terrorists" is correct since she was the one throwing it around. I think she owns it now! thanks for the reminder Drive by...!
I imagine it would be no different than "palling" or "hanging" around with Democrats, especially the elitist liberals. On second thought, "vomiting and brain damage" pretty well describes liberals.
I have good friends who are democrats and/or still smoke, I consider them both as curable diseases.....just say no and quit.
I wish him luck in quitting smoking. Most people feel that it'll be harder for him to quit smoking cigarettes than it was for him to quit using crack cocaine.
The only reason he quit the crack, was George Bush 'bogarted' it all before Obama could become hooked.
dougjmiller
Sorry to let you down but the president never used crack cocaine, he used powder cocaine. crack is what the poor kids use.
Obama was not your typical black poor kid.
Anyone who has smoked knows it isn't easy to quit. If President Obama needs to smoke a cigarette every now and then, it is none of my business. The stress any president faces each day would make kicking the habit completely more difficult.
I worked with a guy who was headed overseas on a contract. We sent him to the occupational health doctor for the required physical. The report was that every morning before work and every evening after dinner, the man smoked a cigarette, exactly two a day. Despite what the surgeon general said at the time and other expert reports, the doctor said that those two cigarettes were his indulgence like other people's beer or glass of wine, they helped him prepare for the day and relax after it; and if that's all he ever did, he did not see it as a problem.
Jeff, President Obama was not a rich kid; his education came through scholarships and sacrifice by his mother and grandparents. There is little evidence of any serious drug issues, in his book he mentions trying it.
Jody, Iowa
i smoke 1/2 a pack a day, i told my doctor that i only smoke when i'm at work or on my way to work, he told me that my smoking was a stress release from my job, but he still wanted me to quite. that was 3 years ago and I'm still smoking 1/2 a pack a day. i started smoking at 36 he asked why i told him i started smoking cigaretts as a way to stop smoking weed, well it worked but and 12 years later I'm still trying to quit smoking. its is harder to quite smoking cigaretts than weed. should i start smoking weed again in order to stop smoking cigaretts. my doctor told me that weed was less harmfull than cigarette.
too bad my job gives random drug test or i would start smoking weed again.
my x-wife got mad at me bacause i donated 2 cartons of smokes for the troops in Iraq and agfan, if you smoke, being in a war zone is not the place to run out.
It is not that hard to quit, heck I have quit about 50 times.
To Jody - No, he was a welfare kid who went through school on my tax dollars, my friends and relatives tax dollars, etc. Not that there is any disgrace in this, but it has left him with a lack of perspective of how the working class lives.
Jeff-1541632
You made me laugh dude.
Obama's maternal grandmother Madelyn Dunham was a Vice-President of the Bank of Hawaii.
When Obama's father left his mother - they moved in with her parents. His mother married his step-father (who was an engineer) when he was 4 - and she sent him back to live with his grandparents in Hawaii when Barack was 10. His Grandmother was the one that secured a scholarship for her grandson at the exclusive Punahou Prep School.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelyn_Dunham
The persistent myth that Obama was poor or on welfare is quite unfounded.
Regardless . . . what stands out most concerning this article (although yes it's HARD to kick a bad habit) is the realization that his oldest daughter MALIA HAS ASTHMA! (Even though he has chided others for being poor parents and fathers - STILL he chose to keep smoking after his daughters were born AND especially after Malia was diagnosed with asthma.) RESIDUAL SMOKE, TAR & NICOTINE which permeates clothing, hair, skin and the body can trigger an attack & make symptoms worse!!
While I can have compassion for how hard it may be to stop smoking - I have absolutely no sympathy that he didn't quit sooner . . . especially in light of his being the FATHER of an asthmatic child.
Guys, My reference to Obama Not being poor has nothing to do with money, it had to do with a family structure that made him rich with promise and a good health life.
My daughter has asthma and i smokes out side, never in her presence in the car, but what made my family change there smoking habits was when my 72 yr old grandma has a triple by-pass, she had never smokes, but her husband, daughter, and son all smoked and over the years that second had smoke caused her heart attack later in life, after that she did not allow any smoking in her house, or if she was at your house.
old kid - all public school students go to school on your tax dollars, sheesh.
Obama not only smoked marijuana, but has also admitted to cocaine use.
M'kay... And 'W' was a drunk & also snorted cocaine... what's your point?
Those doctors who said this amount of smoking was OK were operating on old data. Any modern doctor will tell you that even one cigarette a day is harmful and could cause lung cancer.
And Feisty: LOL! IMO, better to have smoked pot.
Whether or not Obama smoked anything other than tobacco is irrelevant to this discussion. To take pokes at President Bush is also irrelevant and makes those who do look like total jackwagons. Of course I've noticed from previous encounters some of the latter have no other life than to insult those who don't agree with them. Judging by the profanities used by Congressional members who do not like Obama's latest announcement, I can see where these jackwagons require profanities to get their point across.
Speaking of 'habits'- know how to get a nun pregnant?
Dress her up as an Altar Boy.
drive-by-observer
as a lutheran that was sick, Funny but sick!!!!
As a recovering Catholic that was hilarious!
Make sure to tip your waitress...DBO will be here all week! ;0)
Best wishes in kicking the habit, Mr. President. I tried and failed numerous times. After 35 years I was finally successful. It was actually very easy. The decision I forced myself to make was 'Do I want to live or die?'. I made my decision and never lit up again.
No regrets and no withdrawal.
you know it's unusual, but I never touch a cig until I was 37 years old (right after a divorce), and it hung on for two years until I quit. I can tell you; it's one terible addiction, esp., I would guess, if you started younger than me and try to cease much later on.
So many start as teens. My mom was 13 and smoked until they put her into a drug-induced coma to relieve the pain from her lung problems. The only thing I'm thankful for is that she and my step-dad gave me a "chore" when I came to live with them at age 4: empty the ash trays and bring the cocktail glasses to the kitchen before I left for kindergarten (yes, I started early at 4.5 years). It was so stinky that I never smoked - except of course, for all of their second-hand smoke. I watched them both shrivel and die, but I always thought that they made their own bed...
Good luck Prez! Hardest habit to kick, and I used to have a LOT of habits...can't imagine someone in the pressure-cooker of presidency trying to quit. There's a lot of bathrooms with exhaust fans in the White House...could see an occasional "slip" now and then and wouldn't blame him a bit.
I agree.
The Beev-2396805
do you think he snuck in the bathroom for a puff, before he made this tax deal
I'll bet Gibbs sneaks in the bathroom for "puffs" all the time...
Considering he's only "borrowing" the white house as all other Presidents do, I would prefer he didn't smoke in it at ALL.
You shouldn't make fun of a great religion that has tortured, killed, and mollested so many. (Wow that sounds sadistic)
But it is pretty funny. Good one!
Yeah, it was a REAL great religion. I was raised with it. That's why I'm a little less cautious about some of the things I say that others might not appreciate.
"you can't eat meat on Friday" No, you CAN now.
St Christopher is NOT a saint anymore. Yes, he is again.
And on and on and on. When I got older, I realized it was a bunch of MEN in the Vatican making laws. NOT a supreme being.
The total hypocrisy about not having sex with the same sex, or not getting married themselves as priests while fooling around with little boys is what allows my concience to toss out comments like the 'get a nun pregnant' one without feeling too bad about it.
Sorry to have offended anyone, but I hope you understand....
How about sin all you want all week, go to confession, start all over again?
drive-by-observer: Thought I read all the posts, but I must have missed something regarding the religion comments. Although it's good to stay on topic, you haven't offended me with your comment. The priests have offended me by molesting children. The hierarchy has offended me by ignoring/hiding/denying it. The pope has offended me by not considering this important. The law "enforcement" agencies have offended me by refusing to arrest all these bastards. (Close your eyes for a minute and picture a big, gigantic black Baptist church systematically molesting the children and how quickly everyone would be thrown in jail.) The politicians have offended me by not standing up, but instead continue kissing rings and butts in the church to get votes. Anyone who continues to attend this church should be ashamed.
The Baptists are just as bad and so are the Methodists............... All religions have there perverts!
Drive-by: St Christopher was a favorite of surfers in my day. I went into the religious shop that sold such things and asked for a Thetis medal. They looked at me strangely. I had to explain that she was the Goddess of Waves and I wanted more protection than Christopher had to offer.
Go electronic Mr. Pres...after 45 years of the nastiest habit I ever took up, I went the alternative route-e-smoke. I've been cigarette smoke-free since September of '09.
In this day and age of no smoking it is hard to imagine a man of such lofty power as the U.S. President being a smoker. If he cannot quit he should quit the presidency. If he is sneaking around doing it, who wants that man as their leader? If it's happening in the White House then he is polluting the place, carpets, woodwork, and all for the future residents and their children. Where does he do it? How are the butts disposed of? By whom? If he really is incapable of dumping such a disgusting pastime as smoking he can't expect my vote. My preference is that that office be occupied by a person of strength and character. That the whole issue is being dealt with in such a secretive way reminds me of other issues of like uncertain truths. Such as, where is the birth certificate? Is he half caucasian? (To me it seems so, considering his Mother was white, but he is still referred to as the first black U.S. President.) I'll never understand that one. Too many secrets, not the right job for such a person. Perhaps the C.I.A. would work? Jake
Wow...so cigarette smokers are weak and lack character? As far as being black, look up the "one drop rule" and you'll see why Obama is half white and referred to as black. Your ignorance shines bright as the sun.
What do horses that high eat anyway?
I was just wondering Jake...Do you get nose bleeds from that lofty perch? Let's see....that White House has been smoked in by some of the BEST men this country has to offer. Men who made world changing decisions about war and peace and I don't believe a cigarette or the color of their skin had much to do with it. It's a cigarette...a d---n cigarette.
Jake - Why no mention of chain smoker Agent Orange?
Somone's got to make sure the tobacco industry is profitable... How else can the lobbyists give Boner checks to hand out of the house floor?
Smoking is prohibited in Federal buildings.
Jake...grow the heck up. If you were so perfect you would not be walking on this earth...stuff a sock in it...
Hey Jake, John Boehner will be third in line to the Presidency when he assume the role of Speaker of the House. He is an admitted smoker, who smokes at least a pack a day. I can only assume that you think that John Boehner is not a "person of strength and character" either, given his habit, yes?
And if you happen to be a Christian, you might want to re-read John 8:7.
Chewing nicotine gum is obvious to other people and looks unprofessional.
Why doesn't Obama wear nicotine skin patches? They work quite well, deliver a constant amount of nicotine into the bloodstream, and only have to be changed once a day.
the patches gives you night meres about turning into a republican
Patches and gum are alternative forms of nicotine delivery to the body, kinda like democrats and governing.
what do Ted Haggarty, Larry Craig and Obama have in common?
They're tryng to give up the butts.
lol, You better not tell "da butt" Michelle he's trying to quit her...
Ok surgeon general, we get it, smoking is bad, but not as bad a obesity, how about a report on that, the leading cause of death in the US....leads to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and a plethora of other health problems. How about a study on how much obesity costs our healthcare system???
OK, BeN, I agree that obesity is a morbid disease; but here in the Deep South, where I now reside, smoking and being morbidly obese seem to run hand-in-hand. So, if you are trying to say that smokers are thinner, that might only be true in certain professions, i.e., ballet dancers; or, certain parts of the country, e.g., California.
Jake,
I am NOT advocating smoking, and personally am not a fan of Obama...but....Your comments are a bit narrow-minded and are rather insulting. So you are saying if someone smokes they lack character? Get over yourself. You are probably the same person that makes a big deal about someone smoking outside--even though you are 25 feet away you are "That Guy" that gives the stare down and waves his hands to blow the smoke away--even though the smoke is going the opposite direction. Sorry, but people like you need to stop treating people like second class citiizens if they are not up to "your standards."
And by the way, I'm a non-smoker.
Jake Jacobs - Are you an idiot?
Stop, think for just a moment, let it sink in, admit it and move on!
Its all about will power, you have it or you don't.
The fact that Obama cannot quit shows just how weak he is. If the supposedly most powerful man on earth can't quit, that is a terrible role model for Americans.
Yes, JobSeeker, he is THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH. He eats glass and steel shards just for fun, he juggles cars and trucks to warm up for a workout, and he levels entire buildings with his face.
@JOBSEEKER- Well at least he is smart enough to have a job.
some old timers started smoking in the 1950s when most college students and nearly everyone in the service smoked. if they are still around, most have a lot of health problems. but in the early days of television, medical doctors would get on the tube and tell how healthy smoking was. anything for money. but today's smokers mostly find it relieves stress. a better was to relieve stress is really hard exercise, works wonders. but if you are a beginer, start slow and work up to intensity slowly. if you have a bad heart or some other major health condition, might not be good for you, in fact you could die. for most though, it works great.
My Great-Aunt who had allergies and asthma was told to smoke by her doctors in the 50's to help her asthma. Different times!
Let the man smoke! Have you ever watched a person who is already stressed out try to quit smoking? I would say President Obama's stress levels are higher then our national debt. HEHE He might just blow a gasket and decide to nuke the Republican National Convention...
In that case, I hope he keeps up his non-smoking regimen. We certainly need less of the greedy bloodsucker party.
I'm trying to quit myself. it's a slow battle, thus far I've reduced from 11/2 packs a day to five individual cigs or less. I can't afford the replacement therapies at $50 a pop continuing to smoke is cheaper but at $0 more than my full blown habit reduction aiming at a cold turkey day is the cheapest just also the hardest.
Just keep at it and you will succeed. I smoked for almost 50 years and decided that I was just burning my money up. One morning 2 years ago I just stopped and bought a box of mint toothpicks and every time I thought of smoking I stuck a toothpick in my mouth. Did that for a few weeks and never had any desire to smoke again. Don't much care for mint toothpicks anymore either.
The toothpick method worked for me as well, after 40 years of "on again, off again" smoking.
Whatever works!
I did 10 push-ups everytime I craved a cigarette. Not only did my cardiovascular fitness improve dramatically when I quit, I had the biggest guns in my class- including the guys.
It's OK. Democrats don't inhale.
But Republican'ts sure do swallow...
More llike engulf.....63 seats.
Nah, it's the electorate that binges like a bulimic, gorging on repugnuts and then puking them out once they realize what the've ingested.
have you seen our surgeon general ???? that should put it all in perspective
...........oops this comment was for beN 1776
I'd rather have a President smoking cigarettes than what Republican Senators smoke in airport men's rooms
The HABIT he NEEDS to quit is HIS spending.
The habit you need to quit is your whining.
the habit you need to quit is being adumb fu ck
kc - You're comment is so remarkably intelligent and insightful! I bet you get quoted all the time, huh? Not!
kc does get quoted, more often lately. The far left Dems in Congress when they found out about Obama's agreement comes to mind.
soo how about we all give a @!$%# about this irrelevant subject instead of the country's well-being. yeah that's what smart people do.
woww you are such a smart person! i admire you