He was delivering the main address, Tuesday, during a press conference to release findings of the National Study on Social Media Use and the Protection of Children. According to Tufton, nine out of every 10 respondents, or 90.2 per cent, support Government regulation of minors’ social media use, while 2.9 per cent expressed opposition. In addition, he said, nearly 84 per cent believe Jamaica should establish a clear national policy framework governing minors’ use of social media. While acknowledging the positives brought by social media the health minister emphasised that the results of emerging research from 2025-2026 for Jamaica “confirms a strong link between social media use and increased anxiety, depression, and digital addiction, particularly among young persons and content creators”. He said youth under 24 spend an average of six hours daily on social media, compared to five hours for adults and four hours for seniors.