Transferring the tobacco industry into government control will increase government revenue by billions more as profits that would normally go to tobacco companies would now go into government revenue. The purpose of banning private tobacco sales is not to give the government a windfall. The main justification is simply that private sale by tobacco companies is wrong and immoral and should be unlawful. Nevertheless, this revenue windfall will be important for convincing the government to federalize the industry. It is better that the government receives tobacco revenues rather than tobacco companies.
Tobacco companies invest to perpetuate tobacco use and addiction.
The government pays for health care and other social costs resulting from tobacco addiction and could use tobacco revenues for the public benefit. No net loss to the economy There would be a loss of jobs for persons directly employed by the tobacco industry. Some of these would be replaced by the government tobacco production and distribution network. Less tobacco use means a healthier, more productive population requiring less health care. The annual savings from reduced health costs would be billions of dollars.