Children who spend a lot of time on social media ‘more likely to vape’
Youngsters who spend a lot of time on social media are more likely to vape and smoke cigarettes, research suggests.
Children and young people on social media more than seven hours a day are eight times more likely to smoke than non-users, and four times more likely to vape.
The researchers said companies that own social media platforms have “substantial power” to change how young people are exposed to smoking and vaping.
The UK Household Longitudinal Study 2015–2021 included data for 10,808
