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Do Cigars and Sex Boost Cubans’ Lives?

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Posted on Oct 5, 2006
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Cubans Mercedes Martinez, left, 72, and Josefa Gamet, 62, posing for photos last year for tourists in Old Havana. 

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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.

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