Well isn’t THIS interesting? ‘Obama told to quit smoking for good at health check-up’

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  February 28th at 02:22 PM  | 

According to the AFP (emphasis added): Barack Obama was urged by his doctor Sunday to quit smoking for good after his first health check-up as US president found him otherwise in “excellent health” and “fit for duty.” [...] Under his recommendations, [Obama's personal physician Jeffrey] Kuhlman urged the president to “continue smoking cessation efforts” and noted Obama was medicating himself with nicotine supplements in a | Read More »

‘Tobacco Ban’ Discussion Demonstrates Administration’s Lack of Seriousness on Military Affairs

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  July 14th at 07:17 PM  | 

Update: I have a brief op-ed on this topic in USA Today newspaper as the official “opposing view” to the paper’s editorial, “Our view on tobacco in the military: How to curb soldiers’ smoking.” The Pentagon’s office of clinical and program policy is recommending a “phased-in ban” of tobacco product use in the military over the next twenty years, according to USA Today. The recommendation | Read More »