Unsurprisingly, Carter won out in the end, and the scene was cut from the finished product
When I started the show I was a reformed smoker
Pfizer asserts, "It is important to note that a vast body of medical literature has shown that smoking cessation, with or without treatment, is associated with nicotine withdrawal symptoms and has also been associated with the exacerbation of underlying psychiatric illnesses." Before accepting Pfizer's contention (which the FDA now appears to be buying into hook, line and sinker) we'd be wise to ask ourselves, with more than 46.5 million Americans having already successfully quit smoking, and CDC data indicating that almost 90% quit cold turkey, how many news stories have any of us ever read in which quitting cold turkey (without using any pharmacology product) was blamed for someone committing suicide, hallucinating, developing a psychotic disorder, horrible muscle or joint pain, or during which the quitter vomited for twelve straight weeks

The shutdown, which White House officials have said could last into 2019, comes after Trump and House Republicans refused to accept a short-term spending bill that would have funded the government until February 8, 2019