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EDITORIAL: Smoking Cessation: Presidential Health Care 

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tobacco use adds "more than $96 billion per year in medical expenditures and another $97 billion per year resulting from lost productivity."

President Obama can do the math: The combined $193 billion per year is nearly twice the projected annual cost of his national health care reform plan.

For the sake of his long-term health and his political agenda, Obama should kick the smoking habit. . . .

As a president, as a parent, and as a role model for millions of Americans, Obama should head to the nearest ashtray and stub out his habit for good.

Our "yes we can" president needs to prove that, yes, he can stop smoking.

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