After twenty years smoking and close to a decade quit I still can't smell it but want to light up one of my own. (I'd say 'bum one', but even so evanescent an unplanned interaction seems to take people the wrong way, these days...)

I'd still call it the same way you would, if anyone gave me the chance. Wouldn't even have to think it over.

Where do you live that you feel like you are surrounded by scrolling zombies?

In Western Europe, but does it matter? Most modern cities would qualify...

I live in Manhattan and I would not describe the scene here as 'zombies on phones'. If there is noticeable anti-social trend here it would be headphones, not scrolling.