Perhaps President Obama has kicked the smoking habit -- but he looks to be telling tall tales about how long it's been since his last puff.




The president was caught on camera Monday telling a U.N. official he hasn't had a cigarette in six years.

"I hope you quit smoking," Obama told Maina Kiai, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. "I haven't had a cigarette probably in six years. That's because I'm scared of my wife."

Maybe it just felt like six years. According to statements made by his aides and his family, it's been more like three or four.

The president first admitted in a June 2009 press conference that he snuck a cigarette now and then, though at the time he was trying to quit.

Then in February 2010, his White House physician reported that the president was still smoking.

It appears that sometime in early 2010, the president went cold turkey. The White House reported in December 2010 that Obama hadn't had a cigarette in nine months.

In February 2011, first lady Michelle Obama reported to the public that her husband hadn't had a cigarette in nearly a year.

If Obama has stuck with it since then, that's roughly three-and-a-half years since the last drag. Not quite six.

The recording of the hot mic conversation at the U.N. was first captured by CNN.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/24/obama-claims-hasnt-had-cigarette-in-6-years-or-has/

More proof he is a compulsive liar and will even lie about the most trivial things!

could be trivial , like most males,,, trying to make things seem bigger than they are....lol

or could have felt like 'probably' six years,,,

or most likely, a habitual liar, lying again.

well, I guess politiicians are 'habitual liars' by definition, since every statement is put under a microscope for its 100 percent accuracy,,,,


and he is a politician by career,,,

But looking at his days as a student before he became a politician.
He was lying even then which shows a pattern of habitual lying.

lol, yeah, cause most college students don't lie about anything,,,,

First you say that all politicians are liars now you are saying that most college students are liars as well?

First person to post 5 excuses for lying wins an all expense paid trip to tour the White House and dine with the president and first lady....

I'm sure that Msharmony can come up with more than 5 excuses.