5.Smoking On U.S. Airliners

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Key Takeaways:

  • Smoking on planes, once a common practice, has been progressively banned worldwide due to common sense and safety concerns.
  • The United States implemented a comprehensive ban on smoking across all domestic and international commercial flights on June 3, 2000.
  • China banned smoking on its flights in 2017, although there are reports that pilots may still be allowed to smoke in the cockpit.
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Smoking on a plane. Makes sense, right? No! But for decades, it was standard practice. Over time, good sense took hold, and lighting up in the cabin was crushed out like a bad butt. On June 3, 2000, the United States banned smoking on all domestic and international commercial flights. China didn’t ban smoking on its flights until 2017, though reports are that it continues to allow its pilots to smoke in the cockpit. 

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