Obama signs anti-smoking bill, citing his own difficulty in breaking the cigarette habit

WASHINGTON — Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he’s spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation’s toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.

No ifs, ands or butts: Obama signs anti-smoking bill, cites own struggle with cigarettes

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he got hooked on as a teenager as he signed the nation’s strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for kids.

Obama signs anti-smoking measure, saying it will help keep children from getting hooked

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed the strongest anti-smoking measure ever, calling it an extraordinary accomplishment that will help keep children from getting hooked on cigarettes.

No ifs, ands or butts: Obama lauds anti-smoking bill giving FDA authority over tobacco

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed the strongest anti-smoking measure ever, calling it an extraordinary accomplishment that will help keep children from getting hooked on cigarettes.

No ifs, ands or butts: Obama to sign anti-smoking bill giving FDA authority over tobacco

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.

Obama: Bill allowing greater regulation of tobacco defines true change in Washington

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a bill giving the government much greater power to regulate tobacco “truly defines change in Washington.”