Obama trying to quit smoking—again

Chicago Tribune ^ | February 5, 2007 | Christi Parsons and Manya Brachear

[AmericanMade1776]

After struggling to quit smoking in the past, Sen. Barack Obama is trying a cessation aid not available over the counter: public attention.

Obama (D-Ill.) resolved to quit his cigarette habit over the winter holidays, just weeks before his expected presidential campaign would make photographers and reporters an even more regular part of his life.

He said in a Monday interview that, although he has never been a heavy smoker, he has quit for periods over the last several years but then slipped back into the habit. On the cusp of a potential presidential bid seemed the right time to quit for good, he said.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This ought to flip off the tobacco-hating Dems!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Makes one wonder where he buys them?! Do you think Obama buys them over the Internet? Hmmmmmmm....

$10,426 Tax Bill For Smoker Who Bought Cigs Over Internet

[F.J. Mitchell]

Obama can't stop smoking, he's too green to burn.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I wonder if Obama drinks. Alcohol isn't good for you, either./sarc

[Prost1]

I am willing to bet that Obama smokes things other than cigarettes.

His age, his background, his education, his family history....

Yep, I'd make the bet.

[tinamina]

As a smoker of many years, I can say something here. If Obama says he only smokes occasionally but can't quit, something's very wrong. What's the harm in an "occasional" cigarette of any kind? If he really is an occasional smoker, patches would do him miracles.

[maggief]

Actually, another article I read about him said he was a chain smoker, so his little "not a heavy smoker" doesn't really fly.

"I'm not somebody who's all that hooked,"

"I've never been a heavy smoker,"

Well, he doesn't say he is not a chain smoker. Perhaps this is a Clintonese description for a moderately hooked, middle of the road chain smoker. He is a centrist, ya' know. ;o)

[trumandogz]

The rules seem also to extend to political spouses such as First Lady Laura Bush, who found it necessary to quash her habit, or at least take it underground.

Nice of the writer to stick this in the article.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Kools, baby. The Audacity of Kool.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Obama has gone ashtray. His candidacy is going up in smoke.

[onyx]

LOL

[Joe 6-pack]

After a hard day's work in the Senate, nothing beats a Newport and an ice-cold malt liquor.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Well, he doesn't say he is not a chain smoker. Perhaps this is a Clintonese description for a moderately hooked, middle of the road chain smoker. He is a centrist, ya' know. ;o)

Clinton never said he inhaled, but he never said he exhaled. ;)

[BigSkyFreeper]

Err that should be Clinton said he NEVER inhaled, but he never said he exhaled. ;)

[zbigreddogz]

Now that I've quit...I can have one.

[Gabz]

but puhhhhhhleeeeeeeze can't we just paint Osama Obama with a nicotine tar brush, without guilt.

There are plenty of far more valid reasons to attack him. The fact he smokes does not make him a "better" anything in the eyes of this particular smoker. But the fact an issue is being made of it on FR does bother me quite a bit.

[Gabz]

That's GREAT!!!!

[onyx]

LOL!

[reagan_fanatic]

[zbigreddogz]

It's a line from the collection of short films "Coffee and Cigarettes." Funny stuff if you like deadpan humor.