LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Via NBC's Meet The Press:

Obama failed to give a straight answer when asked whether he had managed to quit smoking on NBC’s Meet The Press Sunday.

Interim moderator Tom Brokaw quizzed the President-Elect on the smoking issue during the early morning appearance:

“Have you stopped smoking?”

“I have,” Obama replied. “What I said was that there are times where I have fallen off the wagon.”

“Wait a minute,” Brokaw interjected, “that means you haven’t stopped.”

“Fair enough. What I would say is that I have done a terrific job under the circumstances of making myself much healthier. You will not see any violations of these rules in the White House.”

Via WikiAnswers:

Barrack Obama quit smoking in the spring of 2007 before seeking the presidential nomination. However, he has admitted to "falling off the wagon" sometimes. His doctor released a statement that he is currently using nicotine gum and has quit several times in the past.
On David Letterman he chose not to answer the question.
When pressed in February, 2009, the President said he had not smoked "in the White House" but admitted he had again relapsed into the habit since his election.

Via Slate.com: THE BREAKDOWN

Sen. Barack Obama has the sort of voice that political consultants dream of: It's authoritative but comforting, rich and resonant and wise. Whether he's talking about the Darfur genocide or Monday Night Football, the man sounds like a leader. His voice helps account for why even hardened cynics go weak at the knees when they hear him. One of my friends prides himself on being strictly nonpartisan, but after listening to Obama's Dreams From My Father, read by the senator himself, he confessed to me, "I shouldn't say this, but I love him."

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.