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.

Look, regulating social media like tobacco is a category error that'll backfire spectacularly. Tobacco is a product you consume, period. Social media is infrastructure, a town square where billions talk. You regulate speech like cigarettes and suddenly the government's deciding what ideas are "too addictive" for you to hear. That's not public health, that's censorship with a lab coat on. Yeah, social media's got problems. But the cure of total regulatory control is worse than the disease. You want to know what kills people? Government deciding what information you're allowed to access. That's the real addiction we should be terrified of.