SAMHSA does in fact provide that States should or must enforce this and reduce smoking by passing laws that would do that, to take action to do that. However, there are absolutely no teeth at all in this SAMHSA provision because, if States don't do it, there are essentially no effective penalties that apply.
Discussing the effectiveness of SAMHSA provisions related to smoking reduction.
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