I agree with the point that a unilateral ban on tobacco would merely make it a great criminal money maker. In California I enjoy the bans on certain aspects of public smoking - I can breathe while in a restaurant or bar. But making its use criminal? High taxes don't seem to have much impact on people's use, though the money could go to anti-smoking education. For a while, the American Cancer Society had some great anti-smoking billboard ads. They had good humor and were to the point. Too bad there's not more peer pressure to not smoke than there is to do so.