US health official: Put tobacco-style warnings on social media


Should social media platforms feature tobacco-style health warnings? — AFP Relaxnews

WASHINGTON: Social media platforms should feature tobacco-style health warnings for adolescents, a top US government health official said on June 17.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, in an essay published by The New York Times, called social media "an important contributor" to a sweeping mental health crisis among young people.

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