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Washington - President Obama’s doctors hinted Sunday that he still might be sneaking smokes when Michelle and the kids aren’t around to yell at him.
Obama’s routine physical at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center found him in “excellent health” and “fit for duty” but the docs also included a cryptic recommendation that he “continue smoking cessation efforts.”
Obama should continue his “nicotine replacement therapy - self-use (gum or the patch),” the doctor said.
Obama owned up during the 2008 presidential campaign to falling off the wagon occassionally in his effort to quit with the help of nicotine gum.
Obama has also said that First Lady Michelle Obama, and kids Malia and Sasha, have been all over him to break the habit.
The initial report on the physical from Dr. Jeff Kuhlman, director of the White House Medical Unit, also suggested that Obama may have lost some of the jump on his jump shot.
The report said his knees sometimes ache and the docs recommended a “lower extemity muscle strengthening program.”
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Feb 28, 2010 at 03:37 PM A. Nuran Says:Report as Inappropriate
So. Flipping. What.
We already know that tobacco is addictive, much harder to quit than heroin or cocaine. As scandals go this right up there with wearing argyle socks.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 03:39 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
He'd fit in well in heimishe circles (except that he supposedly is trying to quit). Smoking may be the only common denominator he has with chareidim.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 04:32 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Where he's going, he's better off getting used to the smoke now!
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Feb 28, 2010 at 04:45 PM Wow! Says:Report as Inappropriate
This is new for me. I agree with both #1 and #2. Both of you are right. It's tough to quit and plenty of Jews need to work on this issue, as well.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 05:15 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ He'd fit in well in heimishe circles (except that he supposedly is trying to quit). Smoking may be the only common denominator he has with chareidim. ”
no,anonymous. He has something else in common with chareidishe yidden: lack of support for medinas yisroel. A freilachen purim.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 07:06 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
He is both mentally and physically the most "fit" president in American history. The occasional smoke is no big deal. Also, his policies towards EY also will be shown in the long-term, to be in Israel's best interests and will force a settlement that will save lives and give us eternal peace.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 07:26 PM GS Says:Report as Inappropriate
If the Torah commands one to safeguard his physical health "meod", can someone explain to me WHY so many Yidden smoke? Especially bocherim today. The goyim seem smarter when it comes to health. Where's the Yiddische kop here?
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Feb 28, 2010 at 08:01 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
So? Is he the first President who has smoked cigarettes?
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Feb 28, 2010 at 08:51 PM Irresponsible Says:Report as Inappropriate
Is this what an individual in his position should be teaching the young generation?
(Do what I say, not what I do) Please do not disturb, disturb already.
He is just not serious about nothing. Obama=Joke
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Feb 28, 2010 at 09:08 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ So? Is he the first President who has smoked cigarettes? ”
No. Warren Harding, FDR, Lyndon Johnson, and JFK smoked as well.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 09:09 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ He is both mentally and physically the most "fit" president in American history. The occasional smoke is no big deal. Also, his policies towards EY also will be shown in the long-term, to be in Israel's best interests and will force a settlement that will save lives and give us eternal peace. ”
Your comments lead me to believe you must be smoking something and sorry to say it aint cigarettes.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 10:03 PM NorvegianJood Says:Report as Inappropriate
The last president to smoke cigarettes in public while president was probably FDR; most have had an occasional pipe or cigar (Clinton comes to mind). Kennedy smoked cigarettes in private but never in public. A lot smoked cigarettes when they were younger but gave it up before becoming President- George W. Bush quit smoking when he ran for TX governor, when he was about the same age as Obama is now. Reagan famously endorsed Chesterfield cigarettes in the 50s, many years before he was elected.
If Obama does still smoke it can't be very much since presidents spend very little time alone and he has never been photographed smoking since his election. In any case he has been somewhat less friendly to the tobacco industry than Bush was; he signed that bill last year that put tobacco under FDA regulation.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 10:32 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
...........and he is our rolemodel. . . . . ???? . . .
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Feb 28, 2010 at 10:55 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
No 12. As far as i know, there are no Photographers in the White house bathroom.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 11:16 PM Brilliant Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Is this what an individual in his position should be teaching the young generation?
(Do what I say, not what I do) Please do not disturb, disturb already.
He is just not serious about nothing. Obama=Joke ”
Oh yes, he's solely responsible for young Americans smoking. Your idol Bush was an alcoholic. So what? Nobody saw him drink, and nobody sees Obama smoking in public. Get over yourself.
And the comments about "he's our role model" are especially rich, considering all of the rabbonim who smoke like chimneys. Would you dismiss them because of this nasty habit?
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Mar 01, 2010 at 12:02 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ If the Torah commands one to safeguard his physical health "meod", can someone explain to me WHY so many Yidden smoke? Especially bocherim today. The goyim seem smarter when it comes to health. Where's the Yiddische kop here? ”
An alta Krenk
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Mar 01, 2010 at 12:38 AM langiers dr Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ He is both mentally and physically the most "fit" president in American history. The occasional smoke is no big deal. Also, his policies towards EY also will be shown in the long-term, to be in Israel's best interests and will force a settlement that will save lives and give us eternal peace. ”
Bush was much more fit, physically at least, than Obams
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Mar 01, 2010 at 08:47 AM Jimmy Carter Says:Report as Inappropriate
I wish I could send him a crate of Camels.
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Mar 01, 2010 at 10:30 AM Response to #18 Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I wish I could send him a crate of Camels. ”
I love the thought that a fellow Yid wishes lung cancer on the president of the United States. Have you ever seen anybody die of lung cancer? Probably not. Pray Hashem won't punish you for wishing these things should happen to other people.
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Mar 01, 2010 at 01:06 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Where he's going, he's better off getting used to the smoke now! ”
Uh... I think you better check with your rov about what happens to a goy when they die.
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Mar 01, 2010 at 06:02 PM Torontonian Says:Report as Inappropriate
I question the abilities of a president of the United States to lead the US to greatness, when he does not have enough will power to quit smoking. While smoking is an addiction, a well disciplined individual who sets his mind to quit, can do so without compunction. Clearly not this man.
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Mar 01, 2010 at 10:56 PM huh? Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I question the abilities of a president of the United States to lead the US to greatness, when he does not have enough will power to quit smoking. While smoking is an addiction, a well disciplined individual who sets his mind to quit, can do so without compunction. Clearly not this man. ”
That's how you decide who is qualified for the presidency? So that means you would never vote for someone who ever smokes? Interesting. Will you listen to rabbis who smoke? I mean, how can we trust them if they don't have the discipline to quit?
You're going to put a lot of rabbonim out of work.
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Mar 01, 2010 at 11:18 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I question the abilities of a president of the United States to lead the US to greatness, when he does not have enough will power to quit smoking. While smoking is an addiction, a well disciplined individual who sets his mind to quit, can do so without compunction. Clearly not this man. ”
Maybe everyone around him wants him to quit but he doesn't want to?
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Mar 02, 2010 at 12:26 AM eli Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ So. Flipping. What.
We already know that tobacco is addictive, much harder to quit than heroin or cocaine. As scandals go this right up there with wearing argyle socks. ”
That's nonsense. It's just the opposite.