Relationship of smoking with current and future social isolation and loneliness: 12-year follow-up of older adults in England

• Main Authors: Keir EJ Philip (Author), Feifei Bu (Author), Michael I Polkey (Author), Jamie Brown (Author), Andrew Steptoe (Author), Nicholas S Hopkinson (Author), Daisy Fancourt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Smoking is often colloquially considered "social". However, the actual relationship of smoking with current and future social isolation and loneliness is unclear. We therefore examined these relationships over a 12-year follow-up. Methods: In this cohort study, we used...