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Obama pledges not to smoke in White House
‘There are times where I've fallen off the wagon,’ president-elect says
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Obama on White House no-smoking rules Dec. 7: President-elect Barack Obama talks about smoking in the White House with Tom Brokaw on "Meet the Press." Meet the Press |
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama says you won't catch him lighting up a cigarette in the smoke-free White House.
"There are times where I've fallen off the wagon," the president-elect said when asked in a broadcast interview whether he has kicked the habit.
"I've done a terrific job, under the circumstances, of making myself much healthier," he said. "And I think that you will not see any violations of these rules in the White House," he said on Sunday's "Meet the Press" on NBC.
Obama told Men's Health magazine in an interview for its November issue that he wished he had more time for staying fit and that he still occasionally smoked a cigarette.
Obama said in that interview that he had bummed a cigarette a couple of times during the campaign. "But I figure, seeing as I'm running for president, I need to cut myself a little slack," he said.
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