Obama Hoping To Quit Smoking Before Elections

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(CBS) CHICAGO Sen. Barack Obama's battle for the democratic presidential nomination still has not officially begun, but he is fighting another battle.

Katie McCall from CBS station WBBM-TV in Chicago reports the Illinois senator is hoping to quit smoking.

Obama was in Washington, D.C., Tuesday talking about Iraq.

“Whenever you think it's as bad as it can get, it gets worse,” he said.

Back in Chicago, his constituents were talking about him, and his decision to quit smoking.

“I think a lot of the country would respect that,” said John Lavelle, a non-smoker.

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