http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/air_travel.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/16/smoking?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront http://tobacco.org/news/265342.html As the head of a government that took the brave step of banning smoking in public places five months ago, José Sócrates could have been expected to lead by example. Of course, Portugal's prime minister was well known for being partial to a cigarette. But he and his ministers recognised the force of arguments on secondhand smoke and cutting back tobacco consumption. So it was something of a surprise yesterday when Sócrates was forced to apologise after being caught enjoying a sneaky fag in a very public place: an aircraft. He apparently believed that the curtain that separated the first-class section of the chartered TAP flight from Lisbon to Caracas on Monday would provide cover. The Guardian reader@guardian.co.uk Portugal Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080515/od_afp/portugalsmokingoffbeat_080515105129 http://tobacco.org/news/265295.html Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates Thursday offered an apology for lighting up in a plane while travelling to Venezuela for an official visit and said he would try and kick smoking. "I had been smoking with the economy minister" during the flight, Socrates was quoted as saying by the Portuguese press Thursday. "I had thought that we could smoke as we had done during earlier journeys," he said, following uproar in Portugal, where the opposition demanded he pay a fine for breaking the law. Agence France Presse Portugal Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=25637 http://tobacco.org/news/263082.html Courtney Love was banned from traveling on a flight after she was caught openly flouting U.S. anti-smoking laws by having a cigarette in airport departure lounge. The star was due to fly to London from Los Angeles on Monday to attend a gig organized by the charity the Teenage Cancer Trust, but she was refused boarding after she was discovered smoking in the departure lounge. She says, "I had a cigarette in the first-class lounge, like two hits, and they wouldn't let me on the plane with my daughter (Frances Bean, 15). They made some big thing like I'm a [bleep] terrorist or something. "It was embarrassing." A spokesperson for Virgin Atlantic confirmed Love was allowed to fly to London the following evening and has not been blacklisted by the company. San Francisco Chronicle blogs dailydish@sfgate.com Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.gd.xinhuanet.com/rensheng/2008-04/10/content_12925291.htm http://tobacco.org/news/263013.html 继中国民用航空局“禁液令”后，中国民用航空局在４月７日再颁“禁火令”，从即日起禁止旅客随身携带打火机、火柴等火源性物品乘坐民航飞机。记者昨日从珠海机场获悉，新规执行两日来，旅客弃置、机场查获违规品３００多件。 Xinhua Newswire China Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://smintair.com/PRESS/press.html http://tobacco.org/news/260868.html Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media, thank you very much for the overwhelming press frequency SMINTAIR enjoys, worldwide. We would specially like to thank you for your highly regarded professionalism . . . ATTENTION: From today, Monday the 7th of August 2006 on, Mr. Schoppmann refrains from taking part in live "talk-shows" which are staged right from the start with "claqueurs" in the audience, paid by the broadcasting station, making a thorough discussion impossible. SMINTAIR - SMOKER'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE Germany Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://smintair.com/DOWNLOADS/downloads.html http://tobacco.org/news/260867.html The 747 ("Jumbo Jet") Explained By: BOEING File size: 1,78MB PDF Format. Smoker's Affairs, Civil Rights & the SHS saga: Forces International Forest Online Smokers Club International The Truth Is A Lie SMINTAIR - SMOKER'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE Germany Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://smintair.com/THOUGHTS/thoughts.html http://tobacco.org/news/260866.html Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Guests, I have been asked by different media, many times: "Why are you against the smoking bans, as they can only enhance your business?!" My reply to that question is always: "I put FREEDOM before everything!" I also had questions in my life, important questions I have put forward to my grand-parents, my father and mother: "How was it possible for the NAZIs to deceive all of Germany?" What they returned was shrugging shoulders, an impression of shame with empty eyes. I was never able to put myself into their situation, but now I know what it was like. . . . The biggest scam of all times: "Second Hand Smoke (SHS, a.k.a. ETS, Environmental Tobacco Smoke) damages your health or kills". Please refer to our DOWNLOADS page and be surprised by the overwhelming, neutral, scientific evidence against the "Passive Smoking" hysteria. By the way, did you know that the NAZIs also sported a huge Anti-Smoking campaign? Yes, they did and the one we experience now, frightningly, carries the same insignia. . . . On December 1st, a spokeswoman for the communistic wing (SPD) of the German "Grand Coalition" Government was seen on TV, gladly announcing a partial smoking ban for midst 2007, expressing the goal of a total ban for some time in the future, "to make it impossible to smoke anywhere" You see? It never was about smoking .... Smoking is just a tool serving well in many different hands. SMINTAIR - SMOKER'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE Germany Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://smintair.com/ http://tobacco.org/news/260865.html ++++ NEWS FLASH ++++ February 3rd, 2008 In January, SMINTgroup entered into talks with three arabian groups to finalise its capitalisation. The talks are conducted by Jean-Pierre Habis, SMINTgroup's representative in the Middle East. January 1st, 2008 Alexander W. Schoppmann goes politics on federal level in Germany. His party, DIE FREIHEITSUNION (http://diefreiheitsunion.de), is established. AWS will remain the MD of SMINTair. October 25th, 2007 Due to the smoking ban on public transport in Germany, SMINTair faces difficulties in doing scheduled services. . . . Ladies and Gentlemen, SMINTair is set to be the World's Most Luxurious Airline. Since April 2005, the SMINTair DEVELOPMENT TEAM has been working on every aspect to set base for launching a successful airline on a long-term perspective. Ideas, some completely new to the airline industry, have been developed and pursued until working perfection. As SMINTair now enters the final stages leading to its first fligh this year, the TEAM can look back onto two years of meticulous preparation. SMINTAIR - SMOKER'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE Germany Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.lawyersweeklyusa.com/archive/sformArchivesResults_FTS.cfm?searchString=tobacco&category=All&year=2008&state=usa&scat=0&scol=1 http://tobacco.org/news/259738.html After nine trials over the health effects of secondhand smoke on flight attendants, the defense has emerged victorious in all but one. The trials stem the 1997 settlement of a class action - Broin v. Philip Morris - which gave more than 3,000 fli ... According to Benjamine Reid of Miami, who defended the tobacco industry in its most recent victory in November of 2007, the defense has typically argued that the injured was not caused by secondhand smoke because "in the environment of an airplane cabin, there is not enough exposure to secondhand smoke to cause any injury." But the plaintiffs have not given up hope. "We have a long way to go," said Edward Sweda Lawyers Weekly USA Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/02/12/flight-cigarette.html http://tobacco.org/news/259625.html A passenger on an Air Canada flight that landed in St. John's late Monday just couldn't wait to have a smoke. The man lit a cigarette just as Flight 658 from Halifax was landing at St. John's International Airport after 11 p.m. Monday. . . . A Mount Pearl resident, 55, will appear in court on a charge of smoking on an aircraft. CBC News Canada Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article35//indexn3_html?pdate=010208&ptitle=Group%20seeks%20ban%20on%20smoking%20at%20airports&cpdate=010208 http://tobacco.org/news/259263.html THE Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), the umbrella body of non-governmental organisations and institutions working on tobacco control in Nigeria, has petitioned the Federal Government, requesting that smoking be banned in all the airports across the country. In the petition endorsed by NTCA National Coordinator, Mr. Akinbode Oluwafemi and sent to the Transport Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, the coalition lamented that smoking persists in Nigerian airports as against the provisions of the Tobacco Control Act of 1990 and global aviation trends. The Guardian Nigeria Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://independentngonline.com/?c=118&a=10079 http://tobacco.org/news/259254.html The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), the umbrella body of non- governmental organisations and institutions working on tobacco control in Nigeria, has petitioned the Federal Government, requesting that all the airports across the country be declared tobacco-free. In the petition endorsed by NTCA National Coordinator, Mr Akinbode Oluwafemi, and sent to the Transport Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, the coalition lamented that smoking persists in Nigerian airports as against the provisions of the Tobacco Control Act of 1990 and global aviation trends. It also condemned the presence of tobacco bill boards in some airports. Daily Independent Nigeria Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cbs4denver.com/local/smoking.ban.colorado.2.640677.html http://tobacco.org/news/258864.html A federal appeals court rejected a challenge of Colorado's smoking ban on Tuesday, concluding that state lawmakers acted rationally when they exempted smoking lounges at Denver International Airport from the ban. In November, a coalition of over 500 bars, taverns, fraternal orders and other groups asked the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the ban. They argued Colorado's Clean Indoor Air Act discriminated against them by banning smoking in their buildings while still allowing it casinos and cigar bars as well as the DIA lounges. The law has since been changed to ban smoking in casinos and that objection is now moot, Judge Mary Beck Briscoe wrote in Tuesday's ruling. Unless a law infringes on fundamental rights, Briscoe said states have "wide latitude" in deciding who is and who isn't covered by it. AP Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23071252-1702,00.html http://tobacco.org/news/258256.html THAT Smoking/Non-smoking light next to the seatbelt sign on passenger planes could soon be a thing of the past. Air France has begun a six-month trial of a new initiative which will see the 'No Smoking' signal lights make way for 'No Phone' lights. "We are seizing every opportunity to offer customers the latest technological innovations, while continuing to make their travel comfort and well-being our main priority", said Patrick Roux, Air France Executive Vice President Marketing. Now that nearly all air services are non-smoking, the no-smoking sign is switched on permanently, even though most passengers are aware that smoking is no permitted. News Interactive Network/News Limited/News.com France Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/LOCAL/801110428/-1/LOCAL17 http://tobacco.org/news/257962.html Smokers at Indianapolis International Airport have been given a six-month reprieve from the proposed all-campus smoking ban. After last week's 6-1 vote by the Indianapolis International Airport Board allowing airport Director Robert Duncan to approve outdoor designated smoking areas, airport officials have specified those areas at the far ends of the terminal. Through June 30, smokers will be permitted to light up at the open area south of the US Airways entrance and the covered area between the United and Skybridge B & C entrances, both on the upper passenger dropoff area. Indianapolis Star Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT