An open mic caught President Barack Obama candidly explaining Monday why he quit smoking cigarettes.
Attending the United Nations General Assemby meeting, Obama asked U.N. Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai about his smoking habit.
“I hope you quit smoking,” Obama said.
Kiai said he still smokes “sometimes” and asked the president if he still indulged.
“No, no, I haven’t had a cigarette in 6 years,” Obama told Kiai. “That’s because I’m scared of my wife.”
Obama addressed his own struggles with the addiction in a 2011 video to urge Americans to kick the habit.
“The fact is, quitting smoking is hard,” he said in the video. “Believe me, I know.”
Watch video of the exchange, via NBC News:
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