The Concrete Ashtray

Smoking kills... unless you're this lady:

LONDON (Reuters) - Nursing home staff paid tribute to a 105-year old British woman who had smoked since the age of 15 by cremating her with a packet of cigarettes and laying a large floral cigarette on her coffin.

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Staff played the song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes at Ellis' funeral and are planning a memorial concrete ashtray for her in the nursing home garden, where her ashes will also be buried.

I'm sure this is a rare case of the human genome gone awry, but it's nice to hear stories that help me rationalize my will (or lack thereof) to quit this wonderfully disgusting habit (while I do enjoy smoking, I also realize the grotesque nature of doing so). Read the rest of the story here.