• Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    What about the people from ww2 era that drink whiskey and smoke cigars daily and live to be 90?

    • theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      Usually the exception. For every one of them that lasts till 90 there’s a dozen more dead by 70 via lung cancer, heart disease, or other truly horrifically painful way to die.