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NATION, Page 59American NotesAIRLINESLeave the Butts Behind
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.