Barack Obama's daughter Sasha spotted smoking with friends while skimpily dressed in viral photos

Former US president Barack Obama's daughter, Sasha Obama, has left tongues wagging after she was spotted smoking cigarettes.

The young lass in photos published by Daily Loud on the X app was spotted skimpily dressed.

Sasha wore a two-piece top that exposed her upper body part and oversized to cover her lower body part.

According to Page Six, she was photographed smoking a cigarette as she left a Labor Day party in Los Angeles on Monday, September 4.

The 22-year-old daughter of former president Barack Obama completed her look with black flip-flops as she wore her long braids down, and appeared to be makeup-free for the outing in West Hollywood, California.

This isn't the first time that Sasha, a recent graduate of the University of Southern California (USC), has been seen smoking over the years.

It appears that Sasha may have adopted the habit from her father, the politician, who openly acknowledged smoking up to 10 cigarettes daily.

Barack, who is now 62, initiated smoking during his teenage years but committed to quitting before launching his presidential campaign, as he mentioned in a 2009 press conference.

He disclosed that as a former smoker, he was constantly battling with it.

According to Daily Mail, in his 2020 memoir, 'A Promised Land,' Barack acknowledged that his eldest daughter, Malia, now 25, played a significant role in his decision to quit smoking.

He wrote that witnessing her disapproval and "frown" when she detected the smell of smoke on his breath served as a powerful motivation for him to quit.