Eisenhower and the Ability to Snear
While he was at Key West, Eisenhower had been told by [his doctor] that he would have to cut down from four packs of cigarettes per day to one. After a few days of limiting his smoking, Eisenhower decided that counting cigarettes was worse than not smoking at all, and he quit. He never had another cigarette in his life, a fact that amazed the gang, his other friends, the reporters who covered his activities, and the public. Eisenhower was frequently asked how he did it; he replied that it was simple, all he did was put smoking out of his mind. It helped, he would add with a grin, to develop a scornful attitude toward those weaklings who did not have the willpower to break their enslavement to nicotine. He told Cliff Roberts, "I nursed to the utmost… my ability to snear."
Notes:
A passage describing how Dwight Eisenhower found his ability to snear at weaklings to help motivate him to quit smoking.
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Eisenhower: Soldier and President