Okay, Who Was the Last President Who Smoked?

Free Republic ^ | 5/2/03 | self

[MoralSense]

I know the answer. Do you?

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

I thought somebody smoked Bubba....

[ctlpdad]

That's how clintoon has safe sex - not lighting the cigar

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I thought I heard that Laura Bush is a smoker, and that she bummed cigarettes off some friendly types in the press.

[Chi-townChief]

If I recall, Tricky Dick smoked Kools.

[amused]

C'mon....all the cooooool kids are doing it ;-)

[steve-b]

LBJ. I think.

Nah, I think the previous posters are right about it being just "BJ".

[areafiftyone]

YUCK!!!

[bonfire]

Now I like Laura even more.

[small_l_libertarian]

I'm sure his partner is very grateful that he practices safe sex!

[belle99]

It's Dubya, the hottie, that 'smokes'!!!

[Zavien Doombringer]

AH SOOoo, An Amrican cigarette, not as stwong as Tai Stick!

[SamAdams76]

Who was the last president who drank a fifth of scotch every day? Ted Kennedy was never president so there goes your easy answer.

Anyway, let me take a guess on your questions. Dwight Eisenhower. Though I know some of the First Ladies smoked cigarettes too including Nancy Reagan and Betty Ford.

[July 4th]

I always thought this was a cool ad:

[CJ Wolf]

Presidential Tobacco Preferences

George Washington 1789-1797 unknown
John Adams 1797-1801 cigar
Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 unknown
James Madison 1809-1817 cigar
James Monroe 1817-1825 unknown
John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 cigar
Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 cigar
Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 pipe
William Henry Harrison 1841 pipe
John Tyler 1841-1845 cigar
James Polk 1845-1849 none
Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 cigar
Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 none
Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 unknown
James Buchanan 1857-1861 unknown
Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 unknown
Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 cigar
Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 cigar
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 unknown
Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 cigar
Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 chewing tobacco
Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 cigar
Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 chewing tobacco
William McKinley 1897-1901 cigar
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 none
Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 none
Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 cigar
Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 cigar
Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 cigar
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945 cigarette
Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 none
Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961 cigarette
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 cigar
Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969 cigar
Richard Nixon 1969-1974 cigar
Gerald Ford 1974-1977 pipe
Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 none
Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 none
George Bush 1989-1993 none
Bill Clinton 1993- cigar

[steve-b]

How about the last President with facial hair?

Hillary?

[brewcrew]

How about the last President with facial hair?

They all had facial hair. Some of them let it grow. Others shaved it off.

[MoralSense]

How about the last President with facial hair? Taft.

[ctlpdad]

not that he cares about the partner

[justshe]

When you post the answer, please ping me.

[CaptRon]

When I was a Midshipman I had volunteered to spend some time at Quantico. This was during Nixon's administration.

While there we were taken to see Marine 1, the President's helicopter. In the hanger there was also Marine 2, a UH-1 painted the same as Marine 1. The hatch was open and inside the door I could see a small bracket which was holding two packs of cigarettes (Lucky Strike filters, I believe). So my guess is Richard Nixon.