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US Surgeon General calls for a warning label on social media sites, citing mental health harms
The warning label would put social media in the same category as alcohol and cigarettes.
(Image credit: Jay Bonggolto / Android Central)Murthy makes a lot of good points about how to combat social media use among adolescents, but the warning label may be the least effective one. People in my generation knew about the dangers of cigarettes from a young age, watched loved ones and family friends who smoked suffer from potentially-fatal health problems, and saw what felt like an endless slate of ad campaigns against tobacco use throughout our early years. That's why Murthy's other guidance — including "phone-free" zones, waiting until middle school to start social media usage, and education by parents and doctors — are likely to have a much greater effect than his proposed warning label.
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