About this episode

Senior doctors in the UK compare the harms of social media to smoking, emphasizing its significance as a health issue.

A group of senior doctors in the UK compare the harms of social media to smoking, not because it has the same physical health impacts, but because they believe it’s an important health issue that people need to take seriously. Learn about this story and learn some vocabulary from the headlines with Pippa and Georgie. Get a free worksheet for this episode to practise what you've learnt: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260527 . We have lots of programmes ton the topic of technology to help you improve your English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/topics/technology

People in this episode

Hosts: Pippa, Georgie

Topics covered

• social media
• health issues
• vocabulary
• technology
• public health

Keywords

• social media
• smoking
• health
• vocabulary
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio

Places: UK

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