there is always a “do as I say, because I am so much smarter and I know better”–some goof in Great Britain is about to publish his esteemed research on how much smarter and more rational leftists and atheists are than conservatives and Christians (I don’t know that the pairs are “paired” but I’d wonder where he got any IQ info correlated to political philosophy unless it is merely self reported)–”and I care so much more than every one else” contrasted to the “but it doesn’t mean I will be an example of what you should do, so I’ll just do my own thing and make laws to make you do what I say.”

if he smokes or not. Actually, I wish he’d smoke three packs a day.

I do find it interesting that someone reported to be so intelligent and such a strong person hasn’t been able to overcome his weakness for nicotine.

Obama first publicly acknowleged that he was using nicotine gum in December 2006. So, it’s now been over three years of using pharmaceutical nicotine and smoking. Clearly his “nicotine replacement therapy” isn’t working. As a former nicotine-addict, I laugh everytime he opens his mouth. Last time he said that he was 95% cured! Anybody who has ever broken their nicotine addiction knows that you either is or you ain’t. There’s no percentage in between. Show me someone who thinks they can be partially cured and I’ll show you somebody who is still smoking.

That should come as no surprise. There is not a single population study in the world that shows taking pharmaceutical nicotine is effective in breaking nicotine addiiction. Yet, Obama’s government insistst that everyone getting medical advice to quit smoking be encouraged to buy pharmaceutical nicotine. Reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance requires telling patients to buy pharmaceutical products, This despite the fact that over 90% of all successful ex-smokers have quit with no pharmaceutical product whatsoever. The most recent US population study — the longitudinal survey of California published in the Journal of American Medicine — concluded that nicotine replacement therapy didn’t increase quit rates at all.

This is a perfect example of how government doesn’t improve the efficiency of medical care and is, in all likelihood, making it more difficult for smokers to believe they can quit.

And Lord Barack’s hypocrisy surprises us how?

Good health decision. After 3 packs a day for 7 years.

I was about to go into the army and into Viet Nam. I needed to be in control of myself.

But hey, you want to smoke? Light ‘em up.

without thinking of having one! Well, it’s actually not that bad anymore, but I’ll never say I’ve quit. Best I can do is be able to keep saying I’ve not been smoking since …

As long as I can remember.

I moved out after college and she was still smoking.
My Mom & Dad moved to California in 1987 and
by 1990 her medical problems grew worse and she
finally quit smoking.

3 years ago she developed fibrosis in her lungs.
Last May she passed away.

I never did smoke – my brother still does to this day.
He is only 20 years younger than our mother.

withdrawel might make him irritable, petulant, short-tempered maybe even arrogant. He might even say some people “acted stupidly.” Do we really want a president like that?
Seeing him put on 25 pounds would be kind of funny, though.

Did it include a mental exam? Acutally, I think nicotine helps the brain function better.

Where are they? I know of one “infamous” internet picture of O with a cig hanging out of his mouth. Where’s the picture and/or video of him smoking?

This isn’t just an omission akin to FDR and his wheelchair…the only reason you would not publish pictures is that as a reporter you believe it would make O look different than his image.

Can you imagine if before the Presidential election, O went up to his teleprompter…smoking a cigarette? That’s a joke, but if we saw more pictures and video of him smoking, it gives a TOTALLY different impression of someone who is not in control of themselves, and who is much “lower class” than they think they are.

If only there was some kind of law to save Obama from himself…

That’s what I’m sure he and other lefties are thinking, anyway. I firmly believe that liberal paternalism stems from their members’ own lack of self control.