Cigarette smuggling is becoming increasingly attractive to "narcotraficante" groups out of Mexico. They already have the system intact and now they have a vastly expanded market, not to mention a customer base which they can "interest" in their other wares. Substitute Mexicans for Italians and it's Prohibition all over again.
Idiocy is trying the same solution over and over and expecting different results.
Hey ask any libturd and they'll tell you Socialism works! No matter that it's FAILED everywhere else, we just haven't tried it HERE yet!