ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And now, some brief health news from the White House. For the last year, President Obama has not smoked a cigarette. Well, almost a year. This is according to first lady Michelle Obama, who told reporters today that the president has kicked his habit.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: It was Mrs. Obama who asked him to quit. She said she made it a prerequisite for his presidential run. Now, according to the Chicago Sun Times, she said Mr. Obama has always wanted to stop, but his daughters are now getting to an age where - as she said - he wants to be able to look them in the face because they want to know: You dont smoke - do you, Dad?</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And now he can just say, no.
First lady Michelle Obama told reporters Tuesday that the president has finally kicked the habit. As hosts Robert Siegel and Melissa Block tell us, the first lady said he hasn't smoked in almost a year.