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Friends’ Facebook, Myspace photos affect risky behavior among teens

September 3, 2013 by

A longitudinal study of 1,563 10th-grade students in Los Angeles County found that teenagers were more likely to smoke or drink alcohol if their friends posted photos of smoking or drinking on online social networking sites like Facebook or Myspace.

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