Obama Admits Smoking Cigarettes in Last Few Months
June 10, 2008 2:14 PM
Kate Barrett-->
ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Barack Obama told reporters in St. Louis today that he has fallen off the wagon and smoked cigarettes in the last few months.
The presumptive Democratic nominee has been open about his smoking past: Once a heavy smoker, he publicly gave up the habit, per his wife’s request, to run for president.
Since quitting, Obama has indicated in the past that he has “fallen off the wagon” but before today was not specific about how recent his smoking was.
“Months,” Obama said of the last time he has smoked.
Obama regularly chews Nicorette while not at campaign events, and the recent release of a doctor's note from his primary care physician indicated that it has brought him a level of success.
“His own history included intermittent cigarette smoking,” David L. Scheiner, M.D. wrote in a letter released to reporters. “He has quit this practice on several occasions and is currently using Nicorette gum with success.
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I think it is high time we elect someone who is open about the fact they smoke, and doesn't care about the damage he is doing to himself or 30,000 other people each year. Clinton would smoke cigars, so much worse than cigarettes - one cigar = 20 cigarettes, and he hid his behavior. I find it refreshing that Obama doesn't care that he is buying death sticks, funding a tobacco industry, and supporting death on America's streets.
It is a private decision and it's his choice. He doesn't support a war that kills several thousand, he is just smoking.
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