Michelle Obama Confirms That Husband Has Quit Smoking 10.66K Jim Newell 02/08/11 04:35PM Filed to: first lady first lady health watch Smoking barack the president obama Cigarettes Michelle Appic Michelle Obama claims that President Obama hasn't smoked a cigarette in "almost a year." That's frightening news. If he hasn't been smoking while dealing with this Egyptian crisis, then something's wrong with him.