E-Cigarette and Cannabis Social Media Posts Pose Risks for Teens, Study Finds

E-cigarette and cannabis social media posts pose risks for teens, study finds

Teens who see social media posts showing cannabis or e-cigarettes, including from friends and influencers, are more likely to later start using those substances or to report using them in the past month, according to surveys done by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Concealing Cannabis Use Raises Teen Health Concerns

Concealing Cannabis use raises teen health concerns

Social media exposure linked to increased cannabis, dual substance use in adolescents

Frequent exposure to cannabis and e-cigarette posts on social media is linked to increased teen cannabis and dual substance use, according to a study published in JAMA.

Social media posts about e-cigs and cannabis may be increasing teens'

A survey of 7,612 adolescents in California, USA found that seeing a lot of posts about cannabis on social media was linked with an increase in use of e-cigarettes or cannabis or both within a year, while seeing a lot of TikToks about e-cigs was linked with an increase in use of cannabis or both e-cigs and cannabis within a year. Seeing e-cig and cannabis posts by 'microinfluencers' was also linked to higher cannabis use, while seeing e-cig post…