Laura Lane Welch Bush, born in November 4, 1946, was married to George W. Bush in 1977. She was the First Lady of the United States from January 2001 to January 2009. Considered as one of the most popular first ladies, Laura Bush was involved in many initiatives concerning education, children, and women’s health.One of these is The Heart Truth awareness campaign aimed at raising awareness of risks of heart disease and stroke in women. She serves in the honorary position of ambassador. Her involvement in campaign has raised questions when it comes to her credibility as an ambassador. This is because of her smoking, which some people believe she hasn’t stopped doing.

In different interviews, Laura Bush did admit that she used to be a smoker. And even former President George W. Bush used to smoke, too! The former president quit smoking by taking up running. And in some interviews, Laura said that she quit when she was pregnant with the twins. And when the twins were born, Laura admitted to smoking once in a while mostly because of stress. Whether she still smokes up to this day is still up for debate.

Laura Bush’s role in The Heart Truth is a very important one. Whether we believe that she has quit the habit or not isn’t what’s important. The important thing here is that she is spreading the word about the bad effects of smoking. Smoking causes heart disease and stroke — two of the number one causes of death in the world today. During Laura Bush’s campaign, she shared that quitting is very difficult. She said that “the secret is not to start.” Let us take her advice to heart. Smoking is not an easy habit to quit. Once you start, you also start killing yourself. Better quit than be sorry. And better to quit even before you started.

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