"My wife wisely indicated that this is a potentially stressful situation, running for president," Obama said.
"And she wanted to lay down a very clear marker. She wants me healthy throughout any process."
Is it hard to quit?, he was asked.
"It's one of those habits. You quit for awhile an then you start back up. Actually, Nicorrete works pretty well."
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If Barrack Obama can quit smoking while he is running for President, you and I can do it too. Yes we can! I don't want to add to his pressure, but maybe our solidarity can help keep him strong. Let us follow his leadership. Hillary supporters. McCain supporters. Will you all join with me tomorrow, on Good Friday, and finally put smoking cigarettes away? Will you help me quit, finally, after all these years?
Obama has been loathe to ever appear in public smoking and has hedged in the past when asked about his habit. I remember a few times being with Obama in the Capitol where his suit smelled of smoke.
Many smokers like me and Obama will hide the depth of their addiction from our coworkers or family, although I doubt many are as pathetic as I am, a secret early morning around the corner smoker, yet I still manage a half a pack a day. I am courting death. I am ashamed of it. A smoker's body is a house divided. Let's come together. Let's trade in the gum, the mints, the baby wipes, the Febreeze under the car seat and regain our integrity.
Although at least I have tried, I am ashamed to admit that I have been trying to quit smoking for fifteen of the seventeen years since I started the habit. Stories in the evening of digging into the trash in front of the grocery store to find the pack thrown away in the morning. Stories of chest pain and fear looking at my precious children and how I have taken them on a journey, and they need me to get them across to safety, and I am failing them.
"It's one of those habits. You quit for awhile an then you start back up. Actually, Nicorrete works pretty well."
As a person who has tried to quit at least two hundred times, I consider myself one of the world's foremost experts on how not to quit smoking, so let me just say that I think the lozenges are better than the gum. You might find the hypnosis, Wellbutrin, the patch, the gum, guilt, rage, willpower, or something else may work better, but I think the 4mg lozenges, steadily broken down into smaller pieces work the best. Lozenge inventor! I love you! I keep a few in my pocket at all times when I quit before. They are talismans of safety against the beast within. But I don't buy the 2mg lozenges. I buy the 4mg, and break them into halves, and then quarters to wean myself off of them. I've gotten a 16 month smoke free run with these, and another six month run.
If you're like me, you might need to learn how to cure yourself of hiccups. Both the gum and the lozenges give me hiccups sometimes.
Let's not dwell on the past, and let's not dwell on the cancer and the horror of where we might find ourselves. Where we were going is not the way we will be going.
Hillary supporters. McCain supporters. Let us join together and quit, tomorrow, on Good Friday, and maybe Jesus will help us. We can do it!