Tobacco control activists admit even though smoking bans destroyed business & jobs....not enough people quit smoking

So now they resort to paying people to quit smoking:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-21-2008/0004871292&EDATE=

$5,000 Up For Grabs in QUITPLAN(R) Services QuitCash Challenge

Minnesota tobacco users encouraged to kick the habit for chance to win cash
                                 and prizes

Seems to us an admission that the destruction of hospitality businesses, jobs, and subsequently the world economy for pharmaceutical special interest smoking bans was all for nothing.

Nice job.....and a special shout out to lawmakers who were complicit in this rent seeking scam.