Loneliness crisis sweeping America could be as deadly as smoking, surgeon general warns
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Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned that the loneliness epidemic sweeping America could prove equally or more dangerous than the tobacco, obesity or addiction epidemics.
"Millions of people in America are struggling in the shadows, and that's not right," he continued. "That's why I issued this advisory to pull back the curtain on a struggle that too many people are experiencing." Taylor Penley is a production assistant with Fox News.
According to Murthy's 81-page advisory on the topic released Tuesday, approximately half of all U.S. adults experience loneliness.
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