# Is Social Media The New Smoking?

An episode of [Politics Unpacked](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/660638948), 26 May 2026, 35 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a15a6ae6ee822cbfbfe0b06/media.mp3

Medical leaders have compared social media to tobacco as pressure grows on Keir Starmer to change his mind and back a ban for under-16s. Will political pressure force another u-turn? Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Charlotte Ivers and Josh Glancy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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