Official: Loneliness is a health risk akin to smoking
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/05/02/official-loneliness-is-a-health-risk-akin-to-smoking/
By Amanda Seitz | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic.
