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Obama using nicotine replacement therapy
THE HILL ^
| 02/28/10 11:54 AM ET
| Jordan Fabian
Posted on 02/28/2010 3:35:20 PM PST by onyx
President Barack Obama is using nicotine replacement therapy to help himself quit smoking, according to the results of his physical exam released Sunday.
Navy Capt. Dr. Jeff Kuhlman examined Obama at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland Sunday morning and recommended that the president "continue smoking cessation efforts."
Obama's opponents and some in the press raised his cigarette smoking as an issue on the campaign trail. Last June, Obama called himself a "former smoker" who occasionally "slips up" and has a cigarette, but never in front of his family.
Otherwise, Kuhlman noted that Obama is in "excellent" health and is "fit for duty" and is expected to remain that way for the duration of his presidency.
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To: Einherjar
lol... I worked with a guy some years ago who was “trying to quit” and used the patch...and still smoked.
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posted on
03/01/2010 4:48:30 PM PST
by
visualops
(Freepin' on my Pre!)
To: gwilhelm56
182
posted on
03/01/2010 5:24:43 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Beware of the Socialist Government-Academia Grant Junkie-Rich "non-profit"-Liberal Media Complex)
To: Eric Blair 2084
I just booked a trip to Vegas, where my hubby is actually allowed to enjoy a cigar with his adult beverage with other like-minded adults.
Screw Ohio and it's 100% nazi smoking ban.
My entertainment dollars go to Vegas.
I love businessmen like Steve Wynn who know how to do adult entertainment and care about their employees.
To: KarlInOhio
Every time he feels the urge to smoke, instead he crushes someone else's freedom in America.There, all fixed.
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posted on
03/01/2010 6:23:33 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: jakerobins
But I hope for the SAKE OF THE COUNTRY he can quit.What?
I hope for the sake of the country that he finds a nice quiet place to smoke until his term is up (if it ever is).
185
posted on
03/01/2010 6:26:53 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: 4Speed
while your body re-adapts, including your Brain.My Brain has re-adapted to the point that it wants to kick your a$$ for being such a smoking Nazi.
186
posted on
03/01/2010 6:30:58 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: spectre
OTOH, Barry is likely using Nicorette as a substitute for "smoking" the real deal when he can't light up. If I were POTUS, nobody would tell me where I can't light up.
As a matter of fact, I'm just an unemployed banker and nobody can tell me where I can't light up.
187
posted on
03/01/2010 6:34:03 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Army Air Corps
188
posted on
03/01/2010 6:34:25 PM PST
by
RipSawyer
(Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
To: bergmeid
I dont know how we are going to get The White House smelling fresh again in January 2013 when we boot him out. Itll stink like a cheap ex-smoking hotel room.Almost every President or a dozen or two of his advisors smoked in the White House since it was built.
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posted on
03/01/2010 6:37:37 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: onyx
Lord have mercy. Do you think he smokes inside the WH?Lord Have Mercy!
If I get invited into the White House for any reason, by any President, I will smoke just like Presidents and their advisors have done since the founding of the Republic.
190
posted on
03/01/2010 6:40:51 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: GOPsterinMA
Smoking is an indicator of illicit drug use. It is also an indicator of enjoyment of life.
191
posted on
03/01/2010 6:42:25 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Jewbacca
Its illegal to smoke in federal buildings.
Prosecute.
- - - - -
YES! LOL.
192
posted on
03/01/2010 6:43:16 PM PST
by
onyx
(BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
To: Ouderkirk
And as long as he still likes smoking, hell never quit.And why should you care?
193
posted on
03/01/2010 6:44:18 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: elkfersupper
Now wait a minute Elk foot...”smoking Nazi”?
I was merely passing along Scientific Info easily verified by Googling “Nicitine Brain function” for key words.
I am not responsible for the chemical realities of Nicotine.
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posted on
03/01/2010 6:44:43 PM PST
by
4Speed
To: dandiegirl
Of course he smokes inside. Its going to be awful. Well never get rid of the stench. Hes told whomever that Im the president and that gives him the greenlight to behave however he wishes according to him.If you have to be President to get to smoke inside somewhere, I'm running!.
I'll just re-name myself Yassir Steve Arafat and I'll be a shoe-in.
195
posted on
03/01/2010 6:49:47 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: maine-iac7
"I'm bigger'n you are!" Burning them proves the same thing and is a lot more fun.
Been burning them since 1961.
I plan on quitting in 2061 so my last 10 years will make you happy.
196
posted on
03/01/2010 7:01:57 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Think free or die
We'll be paying a bundle for replacement draperies, carpeting and fresh paint for the White House.There have been people smoking in the White House since it was built (and re-built after the British burned it in 1812).
Why would you want to ruin the ambience?
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posted on
03/01/2010 7:05:37 PM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: elkfersupper
I plan on quitting in 2061 so my last 10 years will make you happy. Make ME happy?
Why would you assume I care a fig what you do with your own life? ;o)
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posted on
03/01/2010 7:25:47 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
To: elkfersupper
I don’t care whether Barry quits smoking or not.
As a on again, off again smoker...if he’s going to delude himself into thinking he’s going to quit smoking by using nicotine replacement, he’s nuts.
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posted on
03/01/2010 9:37:26 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(Democrats: the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy and Sedition)
To: onyx
Obama using nicotine replacement therapyHe needs therapy. Deep, deep therapy.
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posted on
03/02/2010 3:11:02 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Liberals love the poor so much they came up w/ a plan to create millions more of them. - Ann Coulter)
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