If smoking's so bad for you, why don't they ban the manufacturing rather than ta!
Question:
If smoking's so bad for you, why don't they ban the manufacturing rather than tax the ones who are addicted?
Answers:
Because if they ban manufacture of tobacco cigarettes, you'd wind up with a situation analogous to the prohibition of the 1920's.
Bootleg cigarettes of questionable quality (and possibly more carcinogenic) would appear.
More crime would arise related to cigarettes.
It's much better to leave them legal and make them expensive. The government gets money. The people get good quality cancer sticks. There is less crime relating to cigarettes.