{"id":2136,"date":"2026-01-16T12:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:39:11","slug":"worlds-oldest-woman-smoked-and-drank-wine-regularly-and-still-lived-to-122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest woman smoked and drank wine regularly and still lived to 122"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light mycontentblock has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;min-height:128px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-198 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1024x186.png\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1024x186.png 1024w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-768x139.png 768w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1536x279.png 1536w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-2048x372.png 2048w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1320x239.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center my-cover-title has-ast-global-color-8-color has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-db78a101a3973060dd93a14c10d3e9b9\"><strong>World\u2019s oldest woman smoked and drank wine regularly and still lived to 122<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c385d37fafb88eb938e51d6f9a1c335\"><strong>Jeanne Calment is the oldest person to have ever lived. <\/strong>She died at 122 in 1997, and her long life left many astonished. Even though she ate a lot of chocolate, drank wine, and even smoked up until her final years, it never seemed to mess with her health. So what was the secret? An expert has perhaps found the reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    atOptions = {\n        'key' : '9e49f4ce267f7bab92bbdb38b733742b',\n        'format' : 'iframe',\n        'height' : 90,\n        'width' : 728,\n        'params' : {}\n    };\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/brillianceremisswhistled.com\/9e49f4ce267f7bab92bbdb38b733742b\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c6cb450b25bab0d0ba884a8f3d61534\">Jeanne Calment was an extraordinary figure. She was born in 1875 in Arles, southern France, and lived to the age of 122 and 164 days.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/01\/12131819\/Jeannecalment-664x350.jpg\" alt=\"Jeanne Calment. Credit: Getty Images\" style=\"width:460px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2aabb08dc7e0c3bd9a5e60e05d9ccb3\">Birth records, census data, marriage documents, and photographs have been examined by demographers and historians to be sure. Her status as the longest-lived human is widely accepted by the scientific community, and she\u2019s also recognized by\u00a0Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f83a668b7b50eb33ce23ecd72d7adc19\">She remains the only person verified to have lived past 119. While the age of 122 is an incredible number, let\u2019s just take a quick look at what Jeanne Calment got to experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/01\/12131847\/GettyImages-851666350-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jeanne Calment. Credit: Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-183858\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6527320427971454;width:436px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeanne Calment f\u00eate ses 116 ans le 21 f\u00e9vrier 1991 \u00e0 Arles, France. (Photo by Germain REY\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-942556bcfa218edc09c48eeefb6b2720\">The woman witnessed the invention of the light bulb, the telephone, the construction of the Eiffel Tower, two World Wars, the automobile, the internet age, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, three American presidents, and the growth of the United States Black Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e6af8383136fea4f07dade87e68f2a6\">Talk about having experienced a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-the-incredible-life-of-122-year-old-jeanne-calment\"><strong>The incredible life of 122-year-old Jeanne Calment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41040935becab62f580b29eb9957794e\">Jeanne Calment did not slow her life as she approached 100. She used her bicycle well into her 90s, and on her 100th birthday, she walked to every house in Arles to thank those who had wished her a happy birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-716a837b1fdd6829af8d4e64282a7a3a\">Did she eat only all-natural, locally produced products and drink only water? Well, not quite. Jeanne Calment ate two pounds of chocolate a week and had dessert with every meal. Also, she smoked cigarettes from the ages of 21 to 117, and drank port wine in moderation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9949c28fcd77966fd237dd6a92a4692\">Per\u00a0Prospect Magazine, on her 120th birthday, she told reporters: \u201cI see badly, I hear badly, I can\u2019t feel anything, but everything\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/01\/12131831\/GettyImages-588708394-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jeanne Calment. Credit: Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-183854\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6816393257793563;width:422px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">JEANNE CALMENT THE WORLD\u2019S OLDEST PERSON (Photo by Pascal Parrot\/Sygma\/Sygma via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cf565fd8a6180ccb98d0d44be46ef485\">The interest in Jeanne Calment and in how she managed to live such a long life has sustained interest in her life after her death. The lady often credited her longevity to simple factors, such as staying active, keeping her mind engaged, and maintaining a humorous outlook on life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-the-key-behind-jeanne-calment-long-life\"><strong>The key behind Jeanne Calment long life<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83240db7fb2f826627ce2c0ee2d10daa\">Even in her final years, she had a lot of humor, even saying she had \u201conly one wrinkle and she was sitting on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-85e4e28c631ccb20fa7222b0b5c1fb59\">But if not the food, what helped Jeanne live for so long? According to medical researcher Jean-Marie Robin, who collaborated with Calment\u2019s physician on a biography, her calm outlook on life was a significant factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c5cb19e6fe2726cb69f9af332f56d14\">The medical researcher told\u00a0The New York Times, \u201cI think she was someone who, constitutionally and biologically speaking, was immune to stress,\u201d he said in a telephone interview. \u201cShe once said, `If you can\u2019t do anything about it, don\u2019t worry about it.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c14cd1a9104a5023cffdc66eb55b8412\"><strong>Jeanne Calment had an outlook on life that many of us today would find helpful to adopt. Please share this article to honor this marvelous lady!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f5ea26084164694dff62939fe8bfd045\"><strong>Do you have any tips for staying healthy? Please share those with the other readers in the comment section on Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeanne Calment is the oldest person to have ever lived. She died at 122 in 1997, and her long life left many astonished. Even though she ate a lot of chocolate, drank wine, and even smoked up until her final years, it never seemed to mess with her health. So what was the secret? 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