Really, you just found out about this?
Not sure how I feel about this. I don't smoke and I'm anti smoking in general, but people should be able to do what they want, as long as it doesn't hurt others. I do like to go to the Hooka bar or smoke a cigar once in a blue moon, but I wouldn't be upset if I couldn't do it. The ban, whether intentional or unintentional, only effected small manufactures too (relatively speaking to someone like Phillip Morris or whatever they call themselves now). Lots of people are saying the big tobacco companies pushed this into effect.
Also, while I don't think bans on unhealthy products are the way to do it, people living unhealthy, even if it's their choice, is a cost and a strain on all of us. There should be initiatives for healthier living, if anything.
It still doesn't make any sense that tobacco and alcohol are legal and weed is illegal.