Lighting up...

[Knight of Gondor]

Ironically, most of them seem to live longer than humans, even though they generally smoke more. Hobbits easily reach the age of 90 or 100 before they die. I think that Hobbits' physiology is different than Humans because Tolkien never mentioned lung disease or any symptoms of it.

I'll try not to drag this too far off-topic, but I don't consider this new post material, yet I do consider it comment-worthy. I find it hard to imagine death in the Shire! Since it's typically considered a sad event, and the Shire seems so unstained by the sadness of death.