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• Nonsmokers' Rights Pioneer Bland Lane of FAMRI Passes Away  

Bland Lane, an early advocate of nonsmokers' rights for airline flight attendants and passengers, and one of the founding Trustees of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) [http://famri.org/fa_history/index.php] has passed away.

Below is a death notice from the New York Times, [02/18/07]. John Banzhaf, Executive Director of ASH, mourns her passing, and hopes in this small way to recognize her remarkable achievements. . . .

The Board of Trustees of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute FAMRI is very sad to announce the sudden and unexpected passing of our beloved Board member, Bland Lane, in San Francisco, on February 15, 2007.

Bland was an extraordinary and accomplished woman, who struggled to lead an active and productive life, while suffering from COPD that developed from working as a nonsmoking flight attendant for 48 years in smoke-filled airline cabins.

In recent years, Bland, along with fellow nonsmoking flight attendants, Patty Young, Lani Blissard and Leisa Sudderth, was a dedicated member of FAMRI's Board of Trustees, a court-approved, not-for-profit foundation that supports scientific research to combat the many diseases caused from exposure to tobacco smoke.

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