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I think it's less so a matter of politeness or kindness and moreso because one of the few great projects within the US over the last 50 years was the war on smoking. From the banning of smoking adverts to the anti-smoking PSAs of the late 00s and 2010s there's been a consistent push against cigarettes specifically, also it's expensive with high taxes noone has the cash for that.
How did this even happen in America of all places anyway? I'd 100% vote for it here.
America used to embrace being woke. ;-)
A mix of the collapse of the tabaco lobby, economics, and a general cultural trend away from addictive narcotics since it's also affecting alcohol. Also I suspect the broad decriminalization of weed and it's general cultural acceptance probably helps.
Anti spitting laws created to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, get people to switch from chewing tobacco to smoking cigarettes in the USA.