Some good points here. The difference is that smoking is well-known to be net-negative to most people and backed by the department of justice. Our parents used

Some good points here. The difference is that smoking is well-known to be net-negative to most people and backed by the department of justice. Our parents used television and video game consoles. We are too early into even seeing the repercussions of this excess screentime. There's only been maybe one generation who had access to constant screentime (millennials). From the look of some statistics from books like Jonathan Haidt, the CDC, and increasing screentime trends YoY, I would say this isn't looking good. I recently wrote a book on this talking about all these challenges from the perspective of someone(30 now) who was raised with the over-reliance of a gameboy/TV being my babysitter and the only thing I want more in the world is less time on screens, but it's a hard battle to fight (akin to being a lifelong smoker and trying to quit).