In 46 of the 50 states they can not even go this route until at least 2023 because of the Master Settlement Agreement.
The annual payments of these monies are based solely upon the number of cigarettes sold in each of the 46 states. what legislature is going to outlaw a product mandated to pay them above and beyond the already outrageous excise taxes placed upon them?
What's the old joke about the ending of a play under various regimes?
"...everbody die. ....everybody die. ...everbody die, but they die happy!"