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Smoking was banned in Berlin in 1723, in Königsberg in 1742, and in Stettin in 1744. These bans were repealed in the revolutions of 1848. [27] Prior to 1865 Russia had a ban on smoking in the streets. [28] The first building in the world to ban smoking was the Old Government Building in Wellington, New Zealand in 1876. The ban related to ...
In California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont, usage of e-cigarettes is prohibited indoors. The strictest smoking ban in the United States is in Calabasas, California, where smoking anywhere a non-smoker could congregate, including public sidewalks and apartment complexes, is a ...
Before the ban, smoking was commonplace in pubs. Before the ban many businesses voluntarily introduced bans on smoking mainly as a result of public feedback. The pub chain Wetherspoons was the first major chain to introduce a complete ban on indoor smoking, doing so in May 2006. [3]
Smoking is banned in "indoor public places" such as schools, office buildings and public institutions, though specially designed smoking areas may be established on the premises under certain conditions. Hospitals, CFR passenger trains and the Bucharest Metro, among others, are completely smoke-free.
Enclosed research laboratories are exempt, as well as bars, restaurants, workplaces and all other indoor places where smoking is banned under the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Localities may regulate vaping more stringently than the state. Localities with vaping bans that include all bars and restaurants (13 total):
Smoking will be banned in all U.S. public housing as of fall 2018 to reduce the exposure of residents to secondhand smoke.
The primary goal of the bill was to prohibit smoking in indoor public places and workplaces to benefit the public interest. [7] The Smoke-Free Air Act stated that separate sections for smoking and nonsmoking sections in workplaces and indoor public areas were not eliminating the health hazard to nonsmokers and banning smoking altogether in these areas was a necessary solution to this problem.
The Indoor Clean Air Act was passed by the Oregon state legislature in 1981. [2] In order to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke, [3] the law prohibited smoking, except in designated smoking areas, in public "confined" areas, which it defined as retail stores, banks, grocery stores, meeting rooms, and commercial establishments, but excluding such areas as cocktail lounges, offices ...