For years, we’ve enjoyed the benefits of cheap spirits, cheaper smokes, and the health rates to claim bragging rights. Come Wednesday, however, and the twin-engines of Kentucky’s vice economy suffer their latest shocks in the form of a much ballyhooed tax hike.

And ballyhooed is right: Surly cigar store merchants are fucking furious! How dare they be forced to remind everyone that Kentucky doesn’t have any other revenue streams beyond smoking/drinking/gambling yourself to death?! (Not that that wouldn’t make for a smashing new tourism PR campaign)

In response, consider the following completely NSFW video: