No snuffing out this rumor: Obama smokes occasional cigarette, says he’s ‘95 percent cured’

WASHINGTON — It fell to President Barack Obama to confirm the gossip that his aides had spent weeks trying to snuff out: He still sneaks an occasional cigarette.

Obama says he hasn’t completely quit smoking

WASHINGTON — One day after signing legislation giving the government unprecedented power to regulate tobacco, President Barack Obama is admitting that he’s sometimes “fallen off the wagon” in his own effort to stop smoking.