# Who was the last U.S. president to smoke?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-u-s-president-to-smoke/231644>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-u-s-president-to-smoke/231644 "2004-02-28T18:07:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-u-s-president-to-smoke/231644/21 "2004-03-01T19:55:32Z")

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> [@Dogface](#):
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> Why not? Does “smoking” only mean “cigarettes”? If so, does that mean I can start puffing on a cigar whenever I see a “no smoking” sign?

Please see my follow-up to the OP. Thanks.

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