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- NATION, Page 59American NotesAIRLINESLeave the Butts Behind
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- The captain has turned off the no smoking sign" are words
- that will no longer be heard on most U.S. planes. In 1988 a
- congressional ban on smoking aboard flights lasting less than
- two hours took effect. Now legislators have reached an agreement
- to forbid smoking on all commercial flights within the
- continental U.S. and on flights of six hours or less between the
- mainland and Alaska and Hawaii. The legislation, which is
- expected to pass both the House and Senate, also applies to
- foreign airlines for any part of their flights within the U.S.
- Flight attendants worried about their own health, and many
- airline executives happy to get rid of the hassle of separating
- smokers and nonsmokers, approved the ban. After this latest
- loss, the tobacco industry is using its declining clout to try
- to stop an increase in the cigarette tax and a ban on smoking
- in public places.
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