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Living to 125 would be exceptional, but not all that incredible when you consider that the longest living woman on record lived to 122.5.

And that she quit smoking at 120! A beautiful case study for those who see causation in correlation.

Obviously, smoking causes death!

/troll

But in this particular case it looks like stopping smoking causes death. Smoked to 120, stopped, died at 122.5.