Cigarettes are legal in countries where other drugs arent, so smoking doesnt seem as serious as other addictions
The bill did look at increasing the tax on packs of cigarettes, but it was removed
This is the case in 24 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin (as well as Washington, D.C.)
A higher abundance of C4 unsaturated ceramides may have contributed to this effect as discussed above although the results of the studies are still inconclusive in this regard (kolov et al