Did President Obama just get busted smoking?

A photo circulated on social media appears to show President Obama getting ready to light up. (Contributed photo/Twitter)

If you think misbehaving teenagers and dumb criminals are the only ones busted by social media, think again.

It looks like a photo posted to Instagram may have caught President Obama - a self-described former smoker who uses nicotine gum - lighting up with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The image was posted to the social media site by Renzi's spokesman and shows the two men on a balcony. Obama appears to have a small package in his hand and is poised to pull out something from the top.

Or at least that's what it looks like.

You can see a close up image here.

The image has set off a flurry of online speculation, including the guaranteed-to-be controversial piece from the Washington Post titled "Let President Obama have a cigarette, already."

"If he's not smoking on camera, if he's not passing out Marlboros at the White House Halloween party, let him have an occasional cigarette," the Post's Philip Bump wrote.

Let us know if you agree.

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