Hardy pensioner Dorothy Howe has reached her 100th birthday - despite smoking nearly half a million cigarettes during her life。
老煙槍多蘿西-豪依盡管一生中抽了近50萬(wàn)支煙，還是迎來(lái)了她的百歲生日。
The retired secretary took her first drag aged 16 and has puffed her way through 15 Superking Black ciggies every day since then。
這名退休秘書(shū)自從16歲起，每天都會(huì)抽上15支Superking Black 香煙。
She has smoked around 460,000 cigarettes over the last 84 years - costing £193,000 at today’s prices。
在過(guò)去的84年里，她抽了約有46萬(wàn)支煙，按現(xiàn)在的物價(jià)計(jì)算下來(lái)她在抽煙上花了19.3萬(wàn)英鎊。
But despite the obvious health risks, Dorothy believes smoking is the secret to her old age - and a regular drop of whisky。
盡管知道吸煙明顯有害健康，但多蘿西仍然相信每天抽煙和喝一杯威士忌就是她長(zhǎng)壽的秘訣。
Relaxing with her favourite tipple of Bell’s, she said: 'I put my health down to whisky and cigarettes. I only drink when I’m out but my doctor said I wouldn’t be alive without them。
她最愛(ài)喝金鈴?fù)考桑染瓶梢宰屗潘�。她說(shuō)：“我的健康秘訣就是威士忌和香煙。我只是在外面才喝酒，但我的醫(yī)生說(shuō)離了煙我就沒(méi)法兒活。”
'I’m still alive and I can lift my elbows - it’s great. I’ve had a great life and God has treated me very well. I’ve been very lucky.'
“我現(xiàn)在仍然活力四射，而且還可以舉起手肘，這真棒。上帝真的很眷顧我，讓我能如此長(zhǎng)壽，我真的很幸運(yùn)。”
'I keep telling myself that I'm going to quit smoking when they put the prices up, but that's just not going to happen now. Whisky tastes just as good as it used to though. My pins aren't as fast as they used to be, but my mind is still sharp,' she said。
多蘿西說(shuō)：“我一直提醒自己，如果香煙價(jià)格再上漲的話，我就要戒煙。但現(xiàn)在看來(lái)戒煙是不可能的了。威士忌的味道倒是一直都很不錯(cuò)，我的手腳雖然沒(méi)有以前那么靈活了，但是我的腦袋還靈光著呢。”
On her milestone birthday, friends took Dot to her local pub where she had a couple of drinks before returning home to open her card from the Queen. Friend Lynn Sass said: 'She has the respect and friendship of a lot of people around here. She's wonderful and a great character。
在里程碑的百歲生日當(dāng)天，她的朋友們帶她去當(dāng)?shù)鼐瓢尚∽昧藥妆髞?lái)她回到家后還收到了英國(guó)女王寄來(lái)的賀卡。她的朋友林恩-薩斯說(shuō)：“在我們這里，她擁有很多人的尊重和友誼，她很棒性格很好。”
'She's thought very highly of and we hope she's had a great time. It's a real achievement for a great woman.'
“大家對(duì)她的評(píng)價(jià)都很高，我們都期望她能繼續(xù)快樂(lè)地活下去，這么長(zhǎng)壽真不容易。”
