Cigars and sex ‘boost Cuba lives’
6 October, 2006 — AnnPerhaps its cigarettes bad, cigars good? :)
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| AP / Jose Goitia |
| Cuban Mercedes Martinez, left,72, and Josefa Gamet, 62 make money posing for photos for foreign tourists in Old Havana, Cuba, Monday Feb.7,2005. Begining Monday, Cuba began an island-wide ban on smoking in public places such as stores, theaters, and office buildings. |
Cuba’s high number of centenarians say their longevity is down to laying off alcohol, but indulging in coffee, cigars and sex.
The findings are the result of a study that looked into the lives of 54 out of the more than 100 centenarians who live in Villa Clara province.
More than 60% of them had parents who also lived to be over 100.
Cuba, with a population of 11.2 million, has about 3,000 people who have lived for more than a century.
Viva la Cuba! :D
