Obama Smokes? Maybe there's hope?

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by AD720

Thats right I knew it was something like that. I think the argument was that it was less than 20 feet from the entrance of the building.

Yeah, 20 feet makes all the difference.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Yeah, 20 feet makes all the difference.

20 feet and 1 inch would be fine.

[jjirons69]

Found this:

Presidential Tobacco Preferences George Washington 1789-1797 unknown
John Adams 1797-1801 cigar
Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 unknown
James Madison 1809-1817 cigar
James Monroe 1817-1825 unknown
John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 cigar
Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 cigar
Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 pipe
William Henry Harrison 1841 pipe
John Tyler 1841-1845 cigar
James Polk 1845-1849 none
Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 cigar
Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 none
Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 unknown
James Buchanan 1857-1861 unknown
Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 unknown
Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 cigar
Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 cigar
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 unknown
Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 cigar
Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 chewing tobacco
Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 cigar
Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 chewing tobacco
William McKinley 1897-1901 cigar
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 none
Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 none
Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 cigar
Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 cigar
Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 cigar
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945 cigarette
Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 none
Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961 cigarette
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 cigar
Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969 cigar
Richard Nixon 1969-1974 cigar
Gerald Ford 1974-1977 pipe
Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 none
Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 none
George Bush 1989-1993 none
Bill Clinton 1993- cigar

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Found this:

Presidential Tobacco Preferences
George Washington 1789-1797 unknown
...
Bill Clinton 1993- cigar

I think Slick was more into humidors.

[NCRadioMan]

Regan had quit smoking before he became Pres but he did plenty of Chesterfield cigarette commercials.

[Shaz]

Originally Posted by Good_Stogies

I wonder if he will have to step out side the white house to have a smoke of if he will be allowed to smoke in the oval office?

Didn't Clinton enjoy a cigar in the oval office? But I don't think he lit it.

[macjoe53]

Franklin D. Roosevelt also smoked cigars.

[gary106334]

Originally Posted by macjoe53

Interesting.
But he will approve SCHIP when it's passed this spring.

[dennis569]

just read something a few days ago about Dear Leader occasionaly
enjoying a cigar.
There may be a small amount of hope for the man. (very small )

[pearson]

I am smoking a maduro

[pearson]

Just not a Obama fan

[ironpeddler]

Originally Posted by khubli

For some reason, regardless of policy, I don't think they are going to make the President step outside for a cigarette.

I hope they do...maybe he'll become a little more sympathetic to the cause....now, if only we can switch him over to cigars an get him to squash SCHIP

I can dream, can't I?

[Puffin Fresh]

Like most politicians, he'll be a do as I say not as I do "leader."

Stock up on cigars now.

There was also the story of the junior senator calling the capital police on his neighbor because he was smoking a cigar in his office, which is technically against the rules but is/was widely accepted.

[hornitosmonster]

Originally Posted by Blaylock

This might help with your confusion...

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthread.php?t=113961

Maybe an old rule that the new owner should take a look at?

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by Shaz

Didn't Clinton enjoy a cigar in the oval office? But I don't think he lit it.

I believe he shared it with a close friend.