You mean London is worse than Kentucky for cigs? I'm pretty sure we're #1 for smoking rates in the country, then again the population density is a bit higher on the Thames.
Used to it was the bootleggers and the preachers working together to keep booze illegal, these days it's the growers and the preachers. Hell, before they started legalizing weed, Kentucky was usually the #2 or #3 state for growing it. Check out the cornbread mafia . At least here it's mostly just noise about weed, in Kentucky a half pound is 'personal use' and a misdemeanor. Indiana and Tennessee are totally different stories though.