Should social media be regulated like tobacco?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should social media be regulated like tobacco?". Your opponent's style: Bo Burnham

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Regulating social media like tobacco is a category error that collapses on itself. Tobacco is a consumable product with a single, well-defined harm: nicotine addiction. Social media is a communication platform. You can't regulate speech the way you regulate chemistry. The moment you try, you're not protecting people, you're deciding which ideas deserve amplification and which don't. That's censorship dressed in public health language. And here's the real problem: tobacco regulation works because it targets a physical substance. Social media regulation would require governments to police content, context, and meaning. Who decides what's "harmful"? The regime in power? That's far more dangerous than any algorithm. Your move. What's your actual argument here?