Originally Posted by Guy Betsy

Let me tell you a personal experience aboard a LHR-HKG flight once. It was around 2000 I think, and I was seated on the upper deck. Then while inflight, I suddenly smelt smoke. I turned around and there was this nice older english lady lighting up a few rows behind me. I called for the FA who then rushed over and told her to butt it out. She pretended not to understand what all the fuss was about and kept casually taking a few more puffs. By the time she did put it out, she had already had her fix!

Yep, you guessed it. She did the same a few times into the flight, each time feigning ignorance!

Pity that CX won't really press charges against people like that. I think BA once offloaded a passsenger who kept smoking on a LHR-LAX flight in Calgary or something like there and then billed him for the cost of landing and other charges as well.