surveys show the overwhelming majority of American teens use social media in some form

with roughly 90% on YouTube over 60% on Tik-Tok and Snapchat and nearly 60% on Instagram. Some studies now link more than three hours a day on

social media to increased risk of teen anxiety and depression, leading the U.S. Surgeon

General in a new op-ed today to call for a warning label on

social media platforms.

And joining us now is the US Surgeon General Dr Vivake Murthy.

Dr Murthy, welcome back to the news hour.

Thanks for joining us.

Thanks so much, I'm not for having me.

So I need to point out, this would not happen without congressional action of some kind,

but let's explore this idea that you've proposed here.

You're basically arguing that like tobacco, that a warning label, coupled with research and also

reporting on the harms that social media can cause, that it can make people make a different

choice when it comes to social media.

So where have you seen that kind of self-policing work that leads you to believe a warning

label would make a real difference for teens.

Well, thanks for asking, I'm not.

And let me just step back and say that the reason I'm calling for this warning label

is because I want kids and parents to know what we know in public health and science now,

which is that social media use among adolescents is associated with mental health harms.

Many people don't know that out there and it's important that we

share that. In terms of why this could potentially be effective, the good news is

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