No, it will result in an increase in the number of hold-ups at the local 711’s. Not to mention the trading of foodstamps for cigarettes. Around here, many on foodstamps get the “not qualified” items by literally taking another individual to the store and buy them what they want in exchange for their purchase of liquor and cigarettes. Duh! It is a racket.
All I can say is that I’m glad I never started smoking cigarettes. Cigars and pipes without inhaling another story. But gave those up too. I am sympathetic toward those hooked who are paying $6-$12/pack for those coffin nails. And they are usually lower-income people. American cig manufacturers will still do fine with their addicts in Europe, South America, and especially Asia where they still smoke like chimneys. But thanks to cigarette smokers for providing a lot of revenue that governments would otherwise have to obtain elsewhere.