All 4 of my grandparents lived into their early 90’s (one made 96). All smoked most of their lives. One grandfather smoked till his death and one grandmother gave up smoking in her 70’s, but chewed tabaky into her 90’s.
My mother died of cancer at 47 and never smoked. I don’t smoke and I’m convinced it’s bad for you, but I don’t believe all the hype about second hand smoke.
I rembember being at my grandmothers house. She was in her nighties eating a fatback sandwich and a glass of buttermilk with a dip of TubeRose snuff in her mouth. There was only one way to cook things ~ fried.
Never met a more content and happy person. I have met some pretty irritable dieters though.