Smoking sure hasn't slowed this guy down much.

The front page of the old Wisconsin News on July 14, 1933, is dominated by three large photos showing Hubert Albert smoking his little brains out.

It was newsworthy because he was 5 years old at the time. The accompanying article says the Milwaukee boy started puffing at the age of 20 months - cigarettes, cigars, pipes, you name it. "He's not 6 years old yet, but he knows how to smoke - anything," the headline says. . .

Hubert, or Hutch as he likes to be called, is still alive today, in his late 70s, and in good health.

He kicked the habit around age 10 but took it up again when he joined the Merchant Marines at age 16. He smoked on and off throughout his life and even now enjoys packing his pipe a few times a day.

I'm not saying that smoking doesn't increase your risk of getting cancer. But considering how many people live long and healthy lives while smoking like a chimney (anyone remember George Burns?) it's hardly a causal relationship.