{"id":134274,"date":"2024-10-02T09:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/control-smartphones-like-tobacco-says-leading-who-expert\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T09:01:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T06:01:07","slug":"control-smartphones-like-tobacco-says-leading-who-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/control-smartphones-like-tobacco-says-leading-who-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Control smartphones like tobacco, says leading WHO expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134274\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Countries should consider regulating digital devices like smartphones in a similar way to tobacco products, to combat social media&#8217;s rising negative impact on young people&#8217;s mental health, the World Health Organization\u2019s Natasha Azzopardi Muscat said. With increasing evidence that problematic gaming and social media behavior is on the rise among adolescents in Europe, countries should take inspiration from other areas of public health where legislation has helped address potentially damaging habits \u2014 such as tobacco laws, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Measures including age limits, controlled prices and even no-go zones worked for regulating tobacco, so they could be taken as an example for how to curb damaging use of handheld devices like smartphones, Azzopardi Muscat, director of country health policies and systems at WHO Europe, told POLITICO on the sidelines of the European Health Forum, in Gastein, Austria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we need to think about where it is appropriate to use digital devices, and maybe it&#8217;s also time to start thinking about places where certain digital devices should not be used,\u201d just as we have banned smoking in certain areas, she said. Another key element is ensuring that children and teens \u2014 no matter their background, ethnicity or social status \u2014 are \u201cliterate, equipped and empowered,\u201d she added. This means equipping them with the right knowledge, \u201cso that they rule the digital world and they do not allow the digital world to rule them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A WHO study published last month found that problematic and \u201caddiction-like\u201d gaming and social media behavior is on the rise among adolescents in Europe. The report, which surveyed almost 280,000 people aged 11 to 15 across Europe, Central Asia and Canada found that more than one in 10 struggles to control their use of social media and experiences negative consequences. Girls reported higher levels than boys, with 13 percent compared with 9 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The study also found that 12 percent of adolescents are at risk of problematic gaming, with boys more than twice as likely than girls to show signs of problematic gaming. \u201cAs with anything else, you can use these tools well and effectively,\u201d Azzopardi Muscat said. \u201cBut we have to be careful, because we have a portion of the population who are reporting problematic use, and we know that this eventually can go on to affect their educational outcomes, their mental health and wellbeing, their productivity in the workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The link between social media use and mental health, especially among teens, is garnering more attention. Earlier this summer, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised a \u201cfirst-ever European-wide inquiry on the impact of social media on the well-being of young people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking stock of the evidence is essential, but we shouldn\u2019t wait too long, Azzopardi Muscat said. \u201cThe evidence needs to be collated systematically, and then we need to see what is likely to work, and what is the approach that we want to take,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it&#8217;s quite clear that we can&#8217;t delay taking actions and decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/education-stronger-regulation-protect-kids-social-media-misuse-smartphones-who-ban-addiction\/\">Politico<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/control-smartphones-like-tobacco-says-leading-who-expert\/\">Control smartphones like tobacco, says leading WHO expert<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16329,606,607,608,432],"class_list":["post-134274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-control-smartphones","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien","tag-who"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}