White House may be smoke free, but Obama isn’t

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Barack Obama ‘fessed up today. Turns out, the president-elect hasn’t managed to kick the habit yet.

Read and see more at the Top of the Ticket blog post: Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama’s still a smoker

An estimated 43.4 million Americans can relate. They still smoke too. Says the recent Booster Shots blog post Smokers come under scrutiny on Smokeout day: ‘Who still smokes — and why? Those are questions researchers have begun to address.’

We’ll skip the lecture about the perils of smoking. It’s been done. And done. As for the lecture about the risks of second-hand smoke... well, Obama says the White House will stay smoke-free.

— Tami Dennis