My father smoked cigars his entire life—still alive and kicking (rather healthy in fact) and tormenting his caregivers at age 95....
Custom car designer and builder George Barris, who created the Batmobile and the Monkeemobile was always seen chomping on a cigar when welding and fabricating and hardly ever used respiratory equipment while plying his trade and lived to 89. When George Burns was in his 80’s he said he was asked if any doctors warned him about his drinking and cigar smoking. He quipped “they used to but they’re all dead now”.