As TruthRevolt previously reported, President Obama recently told Good Morning America that an asthma attack that his daughter Malia experienced when she was just four was caused by climate change. But USA Today columnist James S. Robbins conceived a more likely cause to Malia's asthma -- her father's 30-year-smoking habit.

Citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention findings that secondhand smoke is the most common trigger for asthma, Robbins makes his case:

President Obama blames global warming for his daughter's asthma. Today that's politically useful spin, but the science says something different. If you're looking for a culprit, it just might be Malia's dad…

Whether there is a link between asthma and global warming, Malia herself hasn't really experienced much. The high school junior was born in 1998, when temperatures spiked. By some measurements, the world hasn't warmed significantly since then.

Which brings us back to her father and his Marlboros. The president, who quit smoking years ago, has long kept his tobacco use out of doors. That's a common-sense tactic for folks who have trouble quitting. But sometimes, science can show that common sense has less sense than you think.

Robbins goes on to cite research that shows nicotine rates found in infants' hair are five times higher with a parent who smokes outside versus a non-smoking parent. "Smoking-related chemicals in infants' urine is seven times higher," Robbins furthers. He is also careful to note that while outdoor air pollution and pollen contribute to asthma, an Environmental Protection Agency report shows improvement in air quality, thereby making the cleaner air less of a threat to sufferers of asthma.

"No father wants to feel that his habits might hurt his children," Robbins adds. "But sometimes you have to look in the mirror to find the guilty party, not search the stratosphere for a hidden culprit."

In a piece for Newsbusters, contributing editor Tom Blumer stated that even more than Robbins's link between Obama's smoking and his daughter's health, he was surprised that USA Today's editors published the piece, as it placed blame on Obama and it also expressed skepticism regarding global warming. However, Blumer wasn't at all surprised witnessing the "journalism" provided by Good Morning America in which they were "completely unskeptical about Obama's blame-shifting."