Doctors are calling for restrictions on sports betting ads, saying they are setting youth up for a future of problem gambling.

"I have seen people's lives fall apart at all ages, from all walks of life, whether it's an accountant with a career behind him, or a kid who's just looking to maximize his college fund who then had lost it all within a matter of a few weeks," said family physician Dr. Shannon Charlebois, who is also the medical editor at the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ.)

Charlebois and Dr. Shawn Kelly published an editorial in the CMAJ on Monday about how betting ads are everywhere during sports broadcasts and the legalization of online gambling has made every smartphone a potential betting platform.

Even if ads aren't targeting youth, they still see them and

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