Dez 07 2008

Obama admits he hasn’t quit smoking …

Published by leuppi at 18:08 under Allgemein

Barack Obama has admitted he still has the occasional cigarette.

“But I figure, seeing as I’m running for president, I need to cut myself a little slack,” he said.

Quitting smoking didn’t create “huge withdrawal symptoms,” the Illinois senator said, partly because he smoked only seven or eight cigarettes a day at his peak. His wife, Michelle, pressured him to quit, he said.

Obama’s advice for those trying to kick the habit? “Eliminate certain key connections – that first cigarette in the morning, or after a meal, or with a drink,” he said. “If you can eliminate those triggers, that should help.”

6 responses so far

6 Responses to “Obama admits he hasn’t quit smoking …”

  1. # Camel Liteon 07 Dez 2008 at 19:56

    Hi, Dok! Danke fuer Ihr letztes Blog. Da Obama die Wahl jetzt gewonnen hat, hat er mit dem Smoking-Aufhoeren groessere Chancen? Hoffentlich, denn ein hustender President waere nicht schoen.

  2. # leuppion 08 Dez 2008 at 10:16

    Good young Obama hat eine schwierige Zeit vor sich…. Er wird eh nicht viel zu husten haben….

  3. # Hanson 08 Dez 2008 at 10:43

    Naja, hoffen wir wenigstens, dass er dabei nicht zum Kettenraucher wird ;-)

  4. # leuppion 08 Dez 2008 at 20:44

    An interesting thought about Obama’s smoking I found on a “Slate”:
    http://www.slate.com/id/2157523/

    “There are plenty of reasons for Obama’s magic voice: where he grew up, how his parents talked, how he breathes. But perhaps most important is one Obama doesn’t want to talk about: cigarettes. Obama is an occasional smoker.

    Smoking over time transforms a person’s voice by thickening and drying out the vocal chords. The vocal chords vibrate as your breath passes through them, so their texture and shape helps determine what your voice sounds like. David Witsell, who directs Duke University’s Voice Care Center, notes that the nodules on Johnny Cash’s vocal cords that stemmed in part from his smoking habit helped create his unique sound. “Many famous voices in history have pathologies that are part of their vocal signatures,” Witsell says.”

  5. # Lixreergeon 10 Feb 2009 at 08:01

    Hi, cool site, good writing ;)

  6. # Camel Liteon 16 Feb 2009 at 21:32

    Bin auch der Meinung von Lixreerge – cool site, good writing, danke! Please keep it coming! Ich lese gerade das Buch `Coda` von Simon Gray (auf Englisch, weiss noch nicht ob es uebersetzt wird oder nicht) – sein Tagesbuch, das er als er an Lungenkrebs starb, schrieb. Eindrueckend, und zu empfehlen. Er kaempft oft philosophisch – `habe ich diese Krankheit gewaehlt, oder hat sie mich gewaehlt?`.

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