Thank goodness for SMINTAIR the first airline specifically for people who smoke. I wish them every success. I look forward to travelling with them when they have expanded their routes to include the UK which hopefully will not be to long in the distant future.

http://smintair.com/THOUGHTS/thoughts.html

How interesting – hope the airline authorities will act on this information and re-introduce smoking at least in some sections of the aircraft – then they can bring back full ventilation too and make flying safer for everyone.

Why doesnt this "study" surprise me? It is issued in a timely fashion isnt it? Just when it is de rigeur to vilify smokers. It just adds to the "weight of evidence" against smokers. That "weight of evidence" is conveniently ignored when it concerns the epidemiological studies on passive smoking that so far (and there are some 150 in existence) tell us that the risk of harm is statistically insignificant.

This has gone beyond selective reporting. This, in my opinion, is a fully fledged fatwah.

The logical answer was, is, and always shall be- ventilation.

And it also works on aircraft.

I think they should just give out dummy tits to these guys, and teach their mammies to knit.

Donnie 1 thank goodness indeed!!

2Belinda you have real sense- well done!!!! ventilation will bring clean air- its like tyhe smoke is a marker!! Pity the stupid retarded health fascists cant see this!! Theyre too taken by their narrow minds!! Yes that includes Johnny4!!

Im sick and tired of hearing indutries that or this!!!!!! just cut it out and get more sense in!!!!

Colin3 thats right just explain to them!!

Cannot believe it took soooo long for that one to be worked out - how much did that study cost I wonder.
I get that now before I even get on the plane. The airport stresses me out just as much now.

Wonder when they try to stop smoking in cars ( believe me that is where this is going too) will road rage kick in and how long they will take too realise that one as well.

Anyone who thinks this is getting out of hand you have a voice at Freedom2choose, please use it.
Lets see how much the stress levels go up and the time off from work people will be taking.
I have never skivved in the 34 years I have been working, but things are going to change and believe me I will change with them.
I know people who do not know what a days work is and the goverment look after them for many years. I think my time has come too.
I am sick to death reading the blantant lies nad have virtually stopped watching TV - does not bother me in the slightest really. What bothers me is being forced to pay for the BBC license and their very biased opinions.
Rage in the Air-Rage at work- rage on the roads- wow we have so much too look forward too.
Yes Bill, I believe people were less sick coming back from their holidays or buissness trips when smoking was allowed. Something must be differant with the ventilation on planes now. Well done Simitar glad you are not sheep and do not believe everything the Antis spout out.

Mandy, good post!!
When they stopped allowing smoking on planes they cut back on the air filtration to save fuel.

Result? All those viruses, bacteria and toxic moulds now have a field day and people get sick much more often after air travel. Indeed, where I work I have noticed that everyone who has come back from a foreign holiday always go off sick on their scheduled return to work with, most often chest infections.

People really ought to understand that because there is no visible smoke in places where smoking is banned it does not mean the air is "clean" or "clear" at all.

smoking, drinking causing air rage, what next PMT

"Holy" crusaders don't want truth they prefer dogma. A good definition of a dogmatist that I read up many years ago is that a he/she is someone who never examines the basis from which they are operating.

One can see it all here with the "antismokerists" - the Nazis, the Inquisition and many others. Antismokerism is, as someone recently said, what happens when what was initially a sub cult gets its hands on the levers of power.

However, I can quite believe that some air rage is caused by people being unable to smoke - and why not? Unreasonable conditions create unreasonable responses. Or if you like the concept of karma - every action produces an equal reaction.

Yes, but Vinnie Jones a star?

Yes, Douglas.

Its about as believable as the SHS hoax.

Really, it's just the standard reaction of the drug addict who can't get their "fix".
Can they not go without for a couple of hours, show some willpower eh?.
Regardless of whether you believe in the effects of passive smoking one thing is for sure, having someonelses fag reek wafting over you is disgusting and it stinks.

well let the airlines decide of course if they want to allow smoking!!

A yob is a yob is a yob. Why feel the need to make excuses?

precisely i know what a yob is they are different things to smokers!!

#15,Charlie.
Agreed that they are not necessarily synonymous. Nor are they necessarily mutually exclusive. My criticism was of yobs, drunken, smoking or otherwise.