only in the US. In China or Japan or even place like Czech Republic you can smoke as much as you want and do so almost anywhere. But I forgot -- the question *was* about the US (or was it?). I won't be surprised if the US bans cigarettes before going completely under. After all it is the only non-Muslim country that ever banned alcohol (Finland had had a temporary ban between two wars as well) and is in process of constantly fighting (Communism, alcohol, poverty, tobacco, personal rights, terrorists, drugs, etc) and fictitious threats, until hopefully one day it will be no more and the world will breathe a collective sigh of relief. Then light up and have a drink:)