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There is no doubt that smoking is an extremely unhealthy habit, however, according to British researchers, loneliness and the inability to share your joys and problems with anyone may be more harmful than smoking. David Halpern, the leader of the research team, confirmed that loneliness in old age is more likely to drive older people to the grave than, say, smoking. According to Halpern, the inability to share life's problems with anyone is the number one cause of death among older people.
Halpern and his team were tasked with finding ways to change the situation for the better, trying to influence the behavior of older people, as existing social government programs unable to do so. It is known that this initiative was initiated by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who convened experts specifically to work together on the next The problem is how to convince people to retire at a later age.
At this meeting, Halpern said that in the UK, indeed, a huge number of elderly people over 75 consider themselves irrevocably lonely. “Work is very important for such people, not so much because of money, but because of the need to feel needed by society,” says Halpern. “We all know very well that smoking is bad for health. But the lack of communication in society turned out to be even more harmful. If you have someone in your life who loves you, someone you can talk to, then, despite the problems that arise in your life, you will live much longer than people who do not have a loved one environments.”