Can Barack Obama quit smoking?

timesonline.co.uk ^ | 12/20/08 | Vivienne Parry

[melt]

Separated at birth...?

[Darkwolf377]

willpower or determination (qualities that Obama personifies).

Barf Alert

[Red Steel]

Hell quit? He can’t even tell the truth about his smoking.

[mysterio]

NRT is treating nicotine addiction with nicotine. Doesn't sound like the best plan, because it isn't.

Those who quit smoking without de-brainwashing themselves first spend years pining for a cigarette. It's better to accept that the cigarette never did anything you convinced yourself it was doing. Once you accept that truth, you put the things down and move on with your life. And you don't envy those who still have to light 20 cigarettes every day.

I defended the habit for years on this very site. What a waste of my time. I still have a strong dislike for anti-tobacco zealots, however.

[blackbart.223]

What the hell is wrong with people. They don’t even know who Obama is and yet they seem to worship him for reasons I will never understand. What next?

[Cobra64]

True. Who dreams up these dopey “news” stories? Who cares if he smokes? There are more important concerns.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Nobody except radical left wing social engineering leftist care if he smokes or not. It would ruin their years of demonization of smokers in order to coerce them to quit.

How about policy issues? Does anybody here give a crap if Obama lights up in the White House? Tell me.

[TruthWillWin]

It's important to understand that stopping is not simply about willpower or determination....

Huh? Willpower and determination is all that is required to quit. Only takes a lot of willpower for the first 3 days, after that it just takes a little determination. The withdrawal period is only bad for the first two or three days.

[JennysCool]

I wonder if this article isn’t designed to make the sheeple think it’s a cigarette he’s holding in that “Time” photo, rather than a joint.

As for me, if a guy is President, let him smoke all he wants. Most of the Presidents up until the insanely paranoid hippie class took over enjoyed puffing tobacco.

[blackbart.223]

"That is a joker rolled marijuana joint."

Please explain. I don't know what that means.

[LukeL]

FDR and Churchill both smoked and drank copious ammounts of alcohol while in office and no one cared.

[melt]

Nicotine is an excellent tranquilizer.

[JennysCool]

That ain’t no “joker” joint ...

[JennysCool]

Nicotine is an excellent tranquilizer.

Exactly. Check the upsurge in the incidence of workplace violence when cigs were declared off-limits. It's astonishing.

[smoothsailing]

Can Barack Obama quit smoking?

Better yet, can he quit being a pre-packaged pretender?

I don't care if he smokes.

[Graybeard58]

Only takes a lot of willpower for the first 3 days

Being loaded up with morphine for three days helped me.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Just stop! It’s a matter of balls, either you got them, or you don’t!
No excuses, all you are doing is lying, to yourself.