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    Oneill474 Posts: 427, Reputation: 2
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    Mar 27, 2007, 09:32 AM
    I always wondered
    Why a person of 95 years, who smoked two packs of cigarettes a day
    All of his life. Never got cancer of any diseases. If often puzzled me.
    Could it be a gene thing??
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    Mar 27, 2007, 10:01 AM
    It very well be, and most likely is, genetic. There may even be other factors such as healthy diet and exercise that contributes too.
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    Mar 31, 2007, 09:08 PM
    Agree

    Maybe their parents lived to be 105 :>
    Eating a healthy diet
    Regular exercise
    Good sleep
    Being able to handle stress well
    Are other factors.

    You shoud not take this to mean that it is healthy or inconsequential to smoke.
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