🆕research led by Dr Amrit Kaur Purba finds teens who were on social media for more than 2hrs a day, were 2.5 times more likely to smoke cigarettes & 3 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, compared to those who used social media for 1-30mins a day. Read more 👉tinyurl.com/3cn8e7b2

Time spent on social media was associated with an increased risk of cigarette and e-cigarette use in teenagers, according to new research led by University of Glasgow’s Improving Health. More 👉 gla.ac/4cG8y8N

It was great to welcome the TARGET Reporting Guideline team to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to reach consensus on items for a #ReportingGuideline for target trial emulation. We look forward to the guideline being piloted and released in the coming year Sign up to contribute via redcap.link/target-piloting

A pleasure to be interviewed by the Medical Independent on my persective on how best to decode a public health approach to addressing social media concerns. A thought provoking piece! Oxford Internet Institute

A pleasure to be interviewed with Ian, discussing our shared concerns about general smartphone bans for all teens, but how platforms should be held more accountable and be safe by design - and that transparency and independent research is critical to all of this!