Obama: Turning Down Tobacco (Even If It's a Little Awkward)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:50 AM by ryanc
Ryan Crawford, Quit Coach Supervisor, Service Delivery:    "Mozhno strelnut u vas sigaretu?" This is what you ask if you want to bum a cigarette in Russia. And as tempting as it may have been for President Obama to ask this of his ambassadorial hosts while he was on a visit to Moscow, he refrained. Russia is wrought with tobacco. As with many European countries, cigarettes are normalized in everyday Russian culture. Even an international architectural icon like the Kre... [More]

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