WHO calls for legislation against smartphones

States should consider limiting the use of gadgets by young people, a health policy official has said

Countries should impose restrictions on the use of smartphones and other hand-held devices to reduce the harm they cause to young people, a senior figure at the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. 

Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, WHO Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, compared the excessive use of communication devices to tobacco addiction.