US Surgeon General says that social media, like cigarettes, should come with warning labels

The US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, says that social media should come with warning labels about its potential health impacts much like warnings on tobacco products. In an op-ed in The New York Times, Murthy says that social media is an "important contributor" to the teen mental health crisis. "It is time to require a surgeon general's warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents," Murthy wrote. "A surgeon...