In an op-ed in The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said immediate action is needed to protect young people from the potential mental health harms of social media.

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    19 days ago

    best you can do is educate

    That’s literally what he’s proposing. Warning labels are literally designed to provide information to consumers.

    great idea genius. “do not eat the forbidden fruit” has worked soooo well from the beginning of time until now.

    Smoking rates have been cut by over 75% from their peak in the 70s

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      19 days ago

      i’m glad you also think a warning label on instatwitbooktok is going to accomplish anything. i guess we can look forward to no more social media addiction/bullying/suicides soon

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        19 days ago

        The point is to reduce these things, not eliminate them. Your cynicism is misguided given the very real example where this already worked.

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          19 days ago

          ok. the urge to smoke cigarettes is not something all humans develop as they age, the way we develop the psychological need to “belong” and be popular with the in-crowd. but yea, keep thinking the solution to the cigarette problem will also be the solution to the 100% unrelated social problem