These tickets are unlawfully resold by deceitful sellers for multiple times the face value and are not legitimate tickets
A person who violates the statute by selling to someone underage is guilty of a noncriminal violation, punishable by a fine of not more than $500, according to the Florida Legislature (Florida Statutes, Section 569)
Although it too is a kind of social lubricant, you cannot say quite the same thing for alcohol, if only because you can smoke like a chimney and remain relatively dignified a feat beyond most heavy drinkers, whose use of alcohol foments at best boorishness and at worst brutality
Rising costs of nicotine consumption might also play a role, although this is likely secondary
After adjusting the data to account for the changes in smoking rates over time, there appeared to be a 5.5 percent drop in the number of tobacco users after the bans took effect