Transcript: 'Chippers' Challenge Concepts of Smoking Addiction RENEE MONTAGNE, host: That would be, of course, the White House. And it turns out there are a lot of occasional smokers like President Obama, and man


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01-22-2009
'Chippers' Challenge Concepts of Smoking Addiction RENEE MONTAGNE, host: That would be, of course, the White House. And it turns out there are a lot of occasional smokers like President Obama, and many claim they smoke so rarely that they're not addicted. NPR's Brenda Wilson has this look at that claim. (Soundbite of people talking) BRENDA WILSON: With a certain regularity, there's a group that shows up at a local restaurant in Washington, D.C., on many Friday evenings. Conviviality, the talk of politics, sports, no doubt, draw them, but James Schafer, a university math professor, and Dan Bore(ph), a consultant to private companies, also like to get together ...

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