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The video-sharing app TikTok has evolved into a site that covers all parts of lifemdash;everything from recipes to clothing to trending challenges.According to The Pew Research Center, half of American adults under 30 use TikTok. In just five short years since its launch in 2016, the Chinese-born app has exploded in popularity.According to the company, more than one billion users sign on to scroll monthly, many of them kids. But there are concerns about what young users are seeing as they scroll their for you page and the impact it is having on their mental health. Michael Beckerman, TikTok s head of public policy for North America, told CBS Mornings the app has tools in place that can help moderate how long users spend on the app and what they see. TikTok is about entertainment and bringing joy. You put a premium on authentic content, uplifting content. But like all entertainment, you want to watch with moderation, and we put tools in place, take-a-break video, screen time management, and tools for parents like family pairing to make sure that they can have conversations and do what s right for their family a stanley cup nd their teenagers, Beckerman said. Beckerman added that TikTok focuse stanley cup s on age-appropriate experiences and some feature stanley cup s are not available to its younger users. Direct messaging, for example, is something that s very popular with teenagers. But also it s an area that bad things can happen with indirect messages. So on Pmiv As Main Street America gets hit by unemployment, the stock market has rallied back
Nashville, Tenn.mdash; A historically black college in Tennessee is planning to research the impact of electronic cigarettes and vaping with a grant from vaping device maker Juul Labs. Juul has been under fire as teenage e-cigarette use has skyrocketed in recent years to the point that former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., called it an epidemic. Meharry Medical College in Nashville says that it and Juul Labs have structured the $7.5 million grant in ways meant to ensure the full autonomy of the new Meharry Center for the Study of Social Determinants of Health, including sole ownership of the sponsored research and complete control over publication of the findings. A statement from Meharry s president and CEO, Dr. James Hildreth, says few issues require more research than the rising prevalence of e-cigarettes, including how they affect young people. The grant from Juul Labs gives Meharry the unique opportunity to take the lead on a new line of fully independent research in this critical area of public health, Hildreth said. Smoking has had disproportionately negative effects on minority, and particularly African-American, popu jordan lations for decades. At Meharry, we have been on the front lines of treating those impacted by this scourge and see firsthand how smoking can destroy lives. Our goal is to help set a new course for educat adidas samba ion, prevention and policy surrounding the use of tobacc mizuno o and e-cigarettes. This Sept. 13,