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LBJ would be my guess? FDR was probably the most celebrated smoking Pres that comes to mind.

Indeed I have fond memories of invoking FDR during a Tribunal when the respondant was trying to discredit our evidence as 'smokers gossip', the idea being that as soon as you lit a cigarette or smoked you'd automatically lurch into fits of uncontrollable and unfounded gossip. I seem to recall invoking Yalta, and the post war settlement, picking out the three principals as Josef Stalin (fabled pipe smoker) Winston Churchill (cultivated an image out of his cigar smoking) and Franklin D Roosevelt (prolific long handled cigarette smoker). Pausing momentarily for brief affect, I said "I was always given to understand they were negotiating the post war settlement. I didn't realise that they were simply indulging in a good old gossip. The notion is demonstrable nonesense I'd suggest?"

Not sure I hadn't got Yalta and Potsdam mixed up in truth, and think Truman might have attended the latter, but it didn't matter. The point was made, and even the chairman, the panel, and the repsondants defence were desperately trying hard not to laugh out loud. We won!!!

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2100812" data-attributes="member: 65228">LBJ would be my guess? FDR was probably the most celebrated smoking Pres that comes to mind.&nbsp;Indeed I have fond memories of invoking FDR during a Tribunal when the respondant was trying to discredit our evidence as &#039;smokers gossip&#039;, the idea being that as soon as you lit a cigarette or smoked you&#039;d automatically lurch into fits of uncontrollable and unfounded gossip. I seem to recall invoking Yalta, and the post war settlement, picking out the three principals as Josef Stalin (fabled pipe smoker) Winston Churchill (cultivated an image out of his cigar smoking) and Franklin D Roosevelt (prolific long handled cigarette smoker). Pausing momentarily for brief affect, I said &quot;I was always given to understand they were negotiating the post war settlement. I didn&#039;t realise that they were simply indulging in a good old gossip. The notion is demonstrable nonesense I&#039;d suggest?&quot;&nbsp;Not sure I hadn&#039;t got Yalta and Potsdam mixed up in truth, and think Truman might have attended the latter, but it didn&#039;t matter. The point was made, and even the chairman, the panel, and the repsondants defence were desperately trying hard not to laugh out loud. We won!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2100812, member: 65228"] LBJ would be my guess? FDR was probably the most celebrated smoking Pres that comes to mind. Indeed I have fond memories of invoking FDR during a Tribunal when the respondant was trying to discredit our evidence as 'smokers gossip', the idea being that as soon as you lit a cigarette or smoked you'd automatically lurch into fits of uncontrollable and unfounded gossip. I seem to recall invoking Yalta, and the post war settlement, picking out the three principals as Josef Stalin (fabled pipe smoker) Winston Churchill (cultivated an image out of his cigar smoking) and Franklin D Roosevelt (prolific long handled cigarette smoker). Pausing momentarily for brief affect, I said "I was always given to understand they were negotiating the post war settlement. I didn't realise that they were simply indulging in a good old gossip. The notion is demonstrable nonesense I'd suggest?" Not sure I hadn't got Yalta and Potsdam mixed up in truth, and think Truman might have attended the latter, but it didn't matter. The point was made, and even the chairman, the panel, and the repsondants defence were desperately trying hard not to laugh out loud. We won!!! [/QUOTE]

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