Gross life expectancy from birth has increased from roughly 41 in the 1860s to 73 in 2020. However, you are correct that if you looked at life expectancy from 5+ years old to death, the differences are much smaller (72 & 75, respectively). Women have experienced greater longevity, but again mostly because fewer die in childbirth than in the late 1800s.

Do you roll it in papers or do you use a pipe/bowl?

The plant pictured is a mullein cultivar. I have seen mullein in the wild look like this, but rarely.

All herbs have possible side effects. Habitual smoking of anything is harmful

That pictured is a cultivar.

Valerian

If you are an herbalist than you should know that ingesting the wrong amount can be toxic to your liver and could possibly cause liver failure, Just saying. You can call yourself a herbalist but clearly not an experienced one if you don’t know that. You should be careful hope you have a healthy liver

I was gonna say the same thing