@ypercubeᵀᴹ
Jeanne Calment: "Calment continued smoking in her elderly years, until she was 117." - not a reason to go out and buy a pack and start puffing away. This is all about stats - the
chances of getting various sorts of cancer go up with alcohol intake - factors such as "relaxation", "happiness" and "social mixing" are much more difficult to quantify!