Obama writes back about smoking

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Letter from graduate of Waukegan high school one of 10 from ordinary Americans seen by president....

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Man writes to Obama about smoking — and he writes back :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: 44: Barack Obama
 
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Obama never promises that he will not smoke. He artfully avoids the subject, and I find that a good thing. It is absolutely NONE of our business if he chooses to smoke or not. I wonder if he thought of returning a picture of both of his parents who died young with his note. Neither of them died of smoking related diseases. I hate these heart-tugging attempts to control. Many of us have had relatives die young. My father did; my grandmother did. Neither were smokers. Neither were exposed to shs. Yet they died early. Still, I would not write the President asking him to stop eating meat to avoid colon cancer.
 

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To a newpaper or tv channel bad news is good news. The more tears they can drag out of someone on tv the better the story. I have seen reporters pratically grab and shake a sob out a person.

I am a little sick of people using Children to justify their desire to tell me what to do when I am not bothering them and I pay for my own health insurance, with my hard earned money.
 
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