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by stjohn 5579 days ago
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.
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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.