It's a great thing!
Maryland is a tiny state - I suspicion most are simply going to another state for their smokes...
When prices reach the tipping point, anything, people find another way...
This is a prime example of why raising taxes doesn't work...
Coercing people to change their behavior has never been, nor will it ever be a conservative limited government principle.
You are on your own and entitled to your liberal progressive opinion in favor of “change”.
There are not fewer people smoking, they are just going somewhere else to buy their tobacco.
Is it the socialist "we're all paying for it" rationale? It's the only possible explanation.
It's not surprising that the mob was so easily co-opted. Human nature doesn't change.
It's what the Founders feared would happen.