{"id":567701,"date":"2021-06-18T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567701"},"modified":"2021-06-18T11:06:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:06:39","slug":"leading-new-york-mayoral-candidate-promises-to-quit-smoking-cigarettes-if-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leading-new-york-mayoral-candidate-promises-to-quit-smoking-cigarettes-if-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading New York Mayoral Candidate Promises To Quit Smoking Cigarettes If Elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleading-new-york-mayoral-candidate-promises-to-quit-smoking-cigarettes-if-elected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567701&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia will quit smoking and focus on her health if she wins, she told The New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Garcia, a former New York sanitation commissioner, promised to quit smoking, but didn\u2019t give a specific plan when asked about how she would end the addiction, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/17\/kathryn-garcia-could-be-first-cigarette-smoking-nyc-mayor-since-65\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The New York Post. Garcia suggested that she would exercise more and potentially begin using Nicorette, a product that helps ween people off smoking, if she wins the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to pretty much focus on exercise,\u201d Garcia told the Post on Friday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/bill-de-blasio-andrew-yang-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: NYC Mayoral Candidate Soars To The Top Of The Field In Just Over A Week)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso I\u2019m going to use whatever I can \u2014 Nicorette, the patch, whatever makes it possible,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia is currently polling at 17%, closely behind candidates Eric Adams and Maya Wiley who are polling at 23% and 18% respectively, a PIX11, NewsNation, Emerson College poll <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections\/pix11-mayors-race-poll-adams-holds-steady-in-the-lead-as-gap-closes-for-wiley-garcia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> Thursday showed. The city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/06\/andrew-yang-democratic-primary-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">much-anticipated<\/a> Democratic primary will take place on June 22 and the general election will be held on Nov. 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Mayoral_election_in_New_York,_New_York_(2021)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Ballotpedia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7217706\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7217706\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7217706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233494548-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia arrives for a debate on Wednesday in New York City. (Jeenah Moon\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233494548-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233494548-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233494548-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233494548-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233494548-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233494548-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7217706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia arrives for a debate on Wednesday in New York City. (Jeenah Moon\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But as Garcia has gained popularity in the polls, some have worried that she might be a poor role model, the NYP reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does it look as public official to do something that\u2019s contrary to the health and safety of her population? At what point is it considered not a great choice for the health of the community?\u201d Dr. Michele Smallidge, a University of New Haven\u2019s School of Health Sciences lecturer, told the NYP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really isn\u2019t a secret that it\u2019s a bad health choice,\u201d Smallidge added.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia admitted that smoking might make her a bad role model, especially for young girls looking up to her, the NYP reported. She was also candid about how she has previously failed to quit the addiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be able to get off of it and there\u2019s some sort of triggering event that pushed you back and you convince yourself you\u2019ll have just one,\u201d Garcia said during the interview, according to the NYP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to follow in Obama\u2019s footsteps here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama notably quit smoking after he was sworn into office in 2009, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-WB-59308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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