Please tell me all Repub's don't think like this

Uber-conservative commentator Charlie Sykes made the argument in his blog that because of smoking bans, more people are dying of drunk driving. *scratches head* This logic is so baffling I'll just let the column speak for itself. Here's a gem that you can sift through:

By comparing data from a variety of locations around the United States where laws requiring smoke-free bars exist with locations without bans, economists Scott Adams and Chad Cotti found a relative increase in fatalities caused by drunk driving following ban enactment.

While the results at first seemed surprising to Adams, a UWM assistant professor of economics, and Cotti, now at the University of South Carolina, literature on consumer behavior suggests an explanation: Smokers are willing to drive longer distances to an establishment that allows smoking.

I'm only wondering if this is really the new Repub. talking point to combat the smoking bans. I mean c'mon, seriously?