100-Year-Olds Just as Unhealthy as the Rest of Us LiveScience

100-Year-Olds Just as Unhealthy as the Rest of Us |

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that many very old people — age 95 and older — could be poster children for bad health behavior with their smoking, drinking, poor diet, obesity and lack of exercise.

The very old are, in fact, no more virtuous than the general population when it comes to shunning bad health habits, leaving researchers to conclude that their genes are mostly responsible for their remarkable longevity.

So if it is mostly in the genes what the hell is all the bullying and nannying all about then?
I still don't understand the driving need to tell people how to live.
I think in many ways this sense of false charity and fake caring has somehow made people convince themselves they are doing something good.
It doesn't feel that way though.

San Marcos council snuffs out public smoking ban - San Marcos Local News

San Marcos council snuffs out public smoking ban - San Marcos Local News

Councilmembers who opposed putting the question to November voters expressed concerns about adequate voter turnout in an off-year election; the inability of non-resident business owners to vote on an issue that might affect their livelihoods; and the indefinite wording of the proposed non-binding ballot proposition, which would have stated simply: “Shall the San Marcos City Council be authorized to adopt an ordinance further restricting smoking in public places?”

But concerns about the government over-reach clearly fueled some detractors’ opposition.

“To be honest with you, I’m tired of the nanny state micromanaging people’s lives, telling them what they can smoke and where they can smoke it,” said councilmember Jude Prather said.

Just posted for the wow factor I think.

Elderly housing in Providence going smoke-free | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Elderly housing in Providence going smoke-free | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Smokers living in the Providence Housing Authority’s five high-rises for the elderly and disabled can’t light up in their apartments anymore. Effective April 30, but still being implemented, the policy forces them to designated areas outside.

City officials will announce the regulation Thursday, saying it promotes a healthy living environment and reduces the risk of fires.

“They have no right to tell us what we can or can’t do in our apartments,” 65-year-old Perry says with assistance from a voice box device in her neck. “I pay rent. And what are they going to do next, tell us when to go to the bathroom, shower and have sex?”

Posted because I remember growing up in that state.
I don't remember some of the people acting disgusted by smokers when I lived there.They probably were even though they never said anything then.
Times change and everyone has a license to hate smokers now.
Thanks to denormalization smokers seem to be treated like demons now.