SMOKING STUDY



SOME PEOPLE SAY SMOKING IS A "SOCIAL" ACTIVITY, BUT NEW RESEARCH SAYS IT ACTUALLY LEADS TO INCREASED LONELINESS. 
RESEARCH PRESENTED AT THE EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY CONFERENCE SHOWED PEOPLE WHO SMOKED BECAME LONELIER THAN THOSE WHO DIDN'T- WITH CULTURAL AND SOCIAL NORMS POTENTIALLY BEING TO BLAME. SMOKING ALSO MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES