I also want to mention that in the past for fun I've grown my own tobacco and although it's not as good as PA I would smoke that before I get suckered into paying a crazy price. Beat the system,so to speak.
In Canada I've paid as much as $42.00 a tin plus 13% tax in Ontario. A tin of quality tobacco costs about the same as the OTC stuff. When I am in the U.S. I can buy SG FVF for about $10 a tin and I can buy PA for a 3d of that.So if they tax tobacco in the U.S. like in Canada I would only buy...
The cure is: Smoke a bowl of Mixture #79 and wash it down with tomato juice. If your desire for latikia does not fully return, try Captain Black and wash that down with sweet tea. Best of luck.