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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 1:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Indelaware
The simple answer to your question, when did UA ban smoking?

Not soon enough!

I hate to recall how awful it was to fly back then. They idea that the front of the plane - let alone the crew - would not suffer from the smokers in the back of the plan amazes me to this day. I am not sure if we knew enough about the health risks of second hand smoke back then, but I can recall many times in row 1 feeling too close to the awful odor generated by those in the rear.
There was also a smoking row in First Class (row 4 on the 727 as I recall)so the smoke was wafting from the front of the plane as well.
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