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Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?

The statistical connection between being alone and an early death.

Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes per day? That鈥檚 the claim circulating on social media.

We trace this stat back to its source and speak to the scientist behind the original research on which it is based, Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.

Presenter / series producer: Tom Colls
Reporter: Perisha Kudhail
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Mix: Graham Puddifoot
Editor: Richard Vadon

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Sun 7 Apr 2024 23:50GMT

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