Not sure where you are, but here in the USA, they are illegal in some jurisdictions (maybe all? I don't keep up with tobacco law). But the aforeposted song by The Magnetic Fields has me realy curious now, too (never drank vermouth either, and I'm not very literate, so no Camus).
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan