One causes children to do dumb shit. The others actually kill them. Yeah completely comparable.

You're comparing the outcome a lifetime of smoking to the early stage consequences of social media use. Kind of apples to oranges. I'd wager way more kids are getting bullied, committing suicide, getting addicted to xyz, and being indoctrinated or exploited somehow... than are getting lung cancer.

Cigarettes didn't become mass produced until 1880. By 1920 most US states had restricted the sale to over 18. So the timing of this conversation about social media makes sense. Considering USA banned ALL tobacco advertising in 1971, we need to look critically at how social media has bypassed this to popularize youth vaping; leading to popcorn lung.