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Wowzas. Now I don't feel guilty about smoking 14 cigs in less than 10 hours:

Committed smoker cremated with her fags

Nursing home staff have 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.

Marie Ellis died of natural causes at the Eaton Lodge Nursing Home in Kent, south-east England, in early December and was cremated clutching a packet of her favourite cigarettes.

"We will always remember her for her smoking because the first thing she asked when she got up was 'can I have a cigarette'," matron Maria Kallis said.

Ms Kallis commissioned a large wreath in the shape of a cigarette, made with white and yellow crysanthemums, for the spinster's coffin.

The enigmatic Ms Ellis, an ex-typist, arrived at the nursing home 15 years ago.

Apart from her 15-a-day habit, she was also notorious amongst staff for her unhealthy eating habits, often asking for sugar in her soup and always demanding three sugars in her coffee.

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

-Reuters