President-Elect Barack Obama has pledged that there will be NO SMOKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE as he comes under pressure to kick his 20 year addiction to cancer sticks.

Obama failed to give a straight answer when asked whether he had managed to quit smoking on NBC’s Meet The Press Sunday.

Interim moderator Tom Brokaw quizzed the President-Elect on the smoking issue during the early morning appearance:

“Have you stopped smoking?”

“I have,” Obama replied. “What I said was that there are times where I have fallen off the wagon.”

“Wait a minute,” Brokaw interjected, “that means you haven’t stopped.”

“Fair enough. What I would say is that I have done a terrific job under the circumstances of making myself much healthier. You will not see any violations of these rules in the White House.”