<P> In 1995 , California was the first state to enact a statewide smoking ban ; throughout the early to mid-2000s , especially between 2004 and 2007 , an increasing number of states enacted a statewide smoking ban of some kind . As of July 2017 , the most recent statewide smoking ban is North Dakota 's , which was ratified by voters on November 6 , 2012 . </P>
when did the smoking ban in public places start
1995