"WELL WHAT ABOUT" shut up, oh shut up. Ban drug = force people to do unsafe things to get an unsafe version of the drug. It's simple. That's how it worked, that's how it works RIGHT NOW, and that's how it will continue to work unless something fundamental changes in the society. Exposure won't be reduced. Kids get tobacco illegally anyways. Nothing is changing for them. Next step after that is underground production of tobacco products which means PEOPLE WILL DIE