WHO Chief Chan: Smoke ’em if you got ’em.

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan, who on Monday took a much needed break from all her hard work battling the Ebola crises to attend a convention in Russia on tobacco control, has admitted to Bud Fox News that, “The stress of managing our response to the Ebola crisis has been so great that I started smoking.  When I’m feeling overwhelmed, I find that a cigarette really calms me down.”  Asked whether she was worried about setting a bad example, she responded:  “I’m an adult, and the decision to smoke is completely my own.  And anyway, as the head of an agency within the United Nations, the rules don’t apply to me.  Things like smoking bans only apply to the little people because we know what’s best for them.” Continue reading →