No Smoking on US Flights - 25th Anniversary
Feb 25, 2015 | 8:01 am
#46
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SAN
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Last lit up on an airline a short ~10 years or so ago on an Indonesia domestic flight. 
And for a time even after the finally banned smoking on airlines in Indonesia, passengers were still openly defying the ban by smoking in the rear galley and defiantly ignoring the FA's when asked to stop. There didn't seem to be any consequences for doing so. It took a year or so for the ban to finally pretty much sink in and stick.
And for a time even after the finally banned smoking on airlines in Indonesia, passengers were still openly defying the ban by smoking in the rear galley and defiantly ignoring the FA's when asked to stop. There didn't seem to be any consequences for doing so. It took a year or so for the ban to finally pretty much sink in and stick.
Feb 25, 2015 | 12:03 pm
#47
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SFO
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Smokefree Skies
We are glad so many of you appreciate the work Americans for Nonsmokers Rights and its partners did 25 years ago to bring smokefree air to airplanes - for the health of flight crews and passengers. Thank you for sharing your stories of smoking on planes - so future generations can appreciate what it used to be like. Unfortunately, many people are still exposed to secondhand smoke in jobs and buildings on the ground - including airports.
For more information, visit www.no-smoke.org/smokefreeskies.html.
For more information, visit www.no-smoke.org/smokefreeskies.html.
Feb 26, 2015 | 8:54 am
#49
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
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Most US airlines seemed to have the last row of business/first designated as smoking along with the rear of economy. But they would expand the smoking section if more people requested smoking seats than there were seats available. Thus, I recall always trying for seats in the middle of economy so as to try to inhale fewer noxious fumes. It's hard to believe it's been 25 years.
One interesting point of note -- ashtrays at the lavatory doors are
n the minimum equipment list of commercial aircraft in the US. That's so in case someone lights up there is a proper place for disposal.
One interesting point of note -- ashtrays at the lavatory doors are
n the minimum equipment list of commercial aircraft in the US. That's so in case someone lights up there is a proper place for disposal.
Feb 26, 2015 | 12:38 pm
#50
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: United States
Programs: UA, AA, DL, Amtrak
Posts: 4,647
My last smoking flight was in December 2000 on Royal Jordanian from LHR-AMM with a stop in FRA. I was three rows in front of the smoking section, which as others have noted, was a meaningless distinction. Thank goodness smoking was not permitted while on the ground in FRA.