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Smoking linked to rising loneliness in 50,000-person European study
Key Takeaways
- Study of over 50,000 people across 15 European countries presented at ERS Congress in Barcelona
- Current smokers reported higher loneliness scores than non-smokers, even after adjusting for age and gender
- Smokers experienced larger increases in loneliness over two years compared to non-smokers
- Previous research had suggested loneliness leads to smoking; this study investigates the reverse
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