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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: onyx

Hey, cut that out, he doesn’t need any more excuses for being a jerk.


21 posted on 02/28/2010 3:52:04 PM PST by savedbygrace
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To: Thinkin

Maybe he’ll get jonesing so bad he smokes mass quanities while he’s wearing a few patches.


22 posted on 02/28/2010 3:54:09 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: onyx

Nicotine rewires the Brain, and when you try and Quit, clarity of thinking is modified, Impacted.
Nicotine affects the Synaps or something, I don’t know the particulars of the Science of the Brain/Nicotine.
I have heard from smokers who were quiting that this is true, as well as Scientific studies saying quitting affects your clarity of “thinking” and abilities for a few months while your body re-adapts, including your Brain.


23 posted on 02/28/2010 3:55:22 PM PST by 4Speed
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To: LiberConservative

“I would be smoking until the end of my term.”

And so he will be.

Hey prez, come clean. What is it? Half a pack a day?


24 posted on 02/28/2010 3:55:25 PM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: onyx

Did the patch, pills, gum, hypnosis. Longest I quit was a full yr and it was a crave every day. I went to a e-cig. Closest thing to a real cig without all the poisons.

Didn’t a Senator give Obama a e-cig last year?


25 posted on 02/28/2010 3:55:28 PM PST by roving
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To: onyx

Obama using his new replacement therapy...

27 posted on 02/28/2010 3:56:37 PM PST by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: onyx

See my tagline.


28 posted on 02/28/2010 3:56:38 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("Did I give you carbolic acid? I'd love to.")
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To: manonCANAL

You are a moron.


29 posted on 02/28/2010 3:58:22 PM PST by stormer
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To: onyx

He looked hungover and like he needed a smoke at the begining of that HC deal.


30 posted on 02/28/2010 3:58:54 PM PST by Diggity
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To: onyx

drug addict!

send in the anti-tobacco Nazis to tie him up while he goes through withdrawal

[never smoked here, just tired of whiny liberal hypocrites]


31 posted on 02/28/2010 4:00:34 PM PST by Enchante (Obama and Brennan think that 20% of terrorists re-joining the battle is just fine with them)
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To: savedbygrace

LOL. I know it. :)


32 posted on 02/28/2010 4:00:57 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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To: 4Speed
Agree.

OTOH, Barry is likely using Nicorette as a substitute for "smoking" the real deal when he can't light up.

33 posted on 02/28/2010 4:01:20 PM PST by spectre ( Spectre's wife)
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To: jakerobins

Yes, but Biden is just stupid, whereas Hussein is pure evil. We can handle stupidity (see Carter), but evil is devastating to the country.


34 posted on 02/28/2010 4:02:25 PM PST by Dewey Revoltnow (Worst. Community. Organizer. Ever!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

The exam lasted 90 minutes. Not nearly enough time for a shrink to exam him.


35 posted on 02/28/2010 4:04:08 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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To: 4Speed

How hard can reading a teleprompter be?


36 posted on 02/28/2010 4:04:10 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: 4Speed

I think I heard on the news that he has a nicotene mouth spray. Maybe it comes in nice wussy flavors.


37 posted on 02/28/2010 4:06:22 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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To: roving

Are you back to smoking now?


38 posted on 02/28/2010 4:07:07 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I’m sorry LOL
not


39 posted on 02/28/2010 4:07:16 PM PST by manonCANAL
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To: onyx

Can America undergo President replacement therapy?


40 posted on 02/28/2010 4:07:39 PM PST by mikrofon (At least 3 x)
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