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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told fellow leaders she had stopped smoking one month earlier. World leaders at the G7 summit reacted with praise and questions about her decision.
The IndependentItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she quit smoking one month ago during a conversation caught on a hot mic at the G7 summit. The remark drew immediate reactions from other leaders present. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said "You stopped it.
" Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asked if Meloni had a nicotine patch.
Costa replied that he stopped in 2005 and had not resumed the habit. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asked Costa if he had previously been a smoker. The exchange occurred on the sidelines of the summit of wealthy nations.
Meloni had previously joked in October last year that she could "kill somebody" if forced to quit. She also referenced having resumed smoking after quitting for 13 years in comments published in a book about her. A study published last month in the journal Neurology found quitting smoking linked to a 16 percent lower risk of dementia among adults who maintained their weight after quitting.
foxnews.comIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Jerusalem policy summit that two named operations destroyed Iran's nuclear infrastructure and killed 20 scientists. He also described strikes on missile and regime targets plus new security zones in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon.
foxnews.comA federal judge barred the Kennedy Center from shutting for two years of renovations and required removal of President Trump's name from the building. The board will vote in mid-July on three renovation options.
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