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.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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