Cook County Disagrees With Supply Side Economics

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Smokers already have started the rush out of Cook County.

A county cigarette tax kicks in today, adding $1 to the price of a pack and $10 more on a carton of smokes, which is welcome news to retailers in neighboring counties.

"We already have new customers coming in," said John Bhatt, manager at Boulevard Discount in Whiting, Ind.

He's expecting more today.

Bhatt is selling a pack of Marlboros for $3.38, while the same 20 cigarettes will cost smokers $7.29 at Walgreens in the Loop today.

Even at a DuPage County White Hen, they're going for $4.45.

That's a rather huge price difference for two adjacent counties.Why does the Cook County Democratic party hate poor people who smoke? Why?