Famous Smoker: Churchill – an avid smoker who hates cigarette
During the WWII era, there were 2 camps. The anti-smoking camp was led by Hitler and Mussolini who were both dedicated non-smokers. While Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill, all keen smokers, chaired the smoking camp.
Churchill may be an avid smoker, but he famously did not like cigarettes! In fact, the prime minister believed that “Too many of those will kill you.”
Though he disliked cigarette, there was no smoking ban even though Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy and other nations were gradually introducing smoking bans in public places. One plausible reason is that Churchill viewed his cigar smoking as an essential pleasure . He once told a pious non-smoking, King Ibn Sa’ud of Saudia Arabia, “that my rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite; smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol”.
Churchill smoked only cigars. It was said that he smoked anywhere from 6 to 10 a day and to ensure he had adequate stock, several thousands were kept near his study in Chartwell. Winston usually smoked his cigars down to a couple of inches, these would in later years were collected and given to his gardener – the tobacco to be smoked in his pipe.
Source: Winston Churchill Leadership
