Perhaps it's just me, but somehow I think after getting back on the ground and consulting with counsel, cigarette-snatching by the FA might be considered acceptable, whereas spraying pax with fire extinguisher and risking eye injury etc. might have just enough whiff of assault to see if the airline would settle in order to avoid examining the question publicly.

Anybody else remember flying when the air inside the cabin looked like THIS, and barf bags regularly got used on long flights?