Beyond Blue CEO warns: Loneliness 'equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day'

28/10/2025 6 min
Beyond Blue CEO warns: Loneliness 'equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day'

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Episode Synopsis

A new report confirms that Australians are socialising less and feel lonelier, with nearly one in three people reporting persistent loneliness. Beyond Blue CEO Georgie Harman joined Sofie Formica on 4BC Breakfast to explain the severe mental and physical health risks of this "loneliness epidemic".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.