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Is U.S President Promoting Smoking?
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I was seriously reading through many lenses to fully comprehend the meaning of what United States president Barack Obama meant when he said today that "Doctors Don't Get Paid If They Stopped Patients From Smoking".

The president made that statement in Raleigh,North Carolina during his Presidential Town Hall Health Care Reform discussions.

As I watched Cable News Network(CNN) this morning,I was asking myself many,many questions about the president's remark.And,as if to re-echo what Obama said,CNN repeatedly displayed excerpts of his remark on the bottom of the screen.

So,what did the president mean? Was(is) he saying that if people don't smoke,then doctors won't get paid? Should the president even make such a statement?

By the president's statement,it means that people should smoke daily so that if they get cancer(smokers' hearts would definitely be damaged due to smoke),they will have to seek medical attention which of course will not be free.

I am seriously disappointed in the president's statement.No matter his intents regarding the promotion of his radical health care reform in this country,it does not justify his making of that statement.

And what was also baffling me was that no media critics or members from "the other side" shun the president's remark.

To many who were also listening to the president this morning,it is clear to them that his statement can make a big difference between life and death.Although many people within and without the U.S admire his inspiring speeches,he has to really take some time to keenly think about some statements before he utters them.

There are thousands,if not millions of young people out there who look up to this young president as their role model.And it breaks my heart( and theirs) to also see that it's this same young president that is encouraging young people to smoke so that doctors will receive their salaries.

So,Mr. president,with all other health-related problems that lead to the hospital,doctors will be unable to get their pay if people don't smoke? How much of the smoking money actually goes to the State and Federal government and how much goes to the doctors?

With such a statement coming from my own president,I am just wondering what others will say about the president's smoking habit?

August 11, 2009 | 5:37 PM Comments  0 comments

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