Canada tried jacking up the "sin" tax on smokes a few years ago to help encourage people to quit or even cut down.

It didn't work. Smuggling of illegal cigarettes across the border increased, especially at border reservations. Lots of illegal street bartering going on.

They ended up dropping the tax back down because the cops couldn't handle the extra pressure.

I repeat, I'm glad public smoking is banned. I just oppose more legislation on principle. Haven't you folks ever heard of paradox?