Congress has not issued any nationwide federal smoking bans for any locations. All smoking bans are due to local or state ordinances. 28 states have statewide bans on smoking in all enclosed public places and 10 have no ban on any non-government owned locations. One reason why schools are targeted is because of the toxic properties of second hand smoke and the age of the students.

Many states have enacted laws to protect non smokers from second hand smoke. There is a federal law that bans smoking on airplanes. There are also several states that do not allow smoking in public buildings.

no

In the United States, the day indoor smoking bans went into effect varied according to state and local governments. The Federal smoking ban only affected federal buildings. The North Carolina smoking ban went into effect on January 1, 2010. Some went into effect before 2000.

NO, most have smoking bans in the USA.