No smoking on the First/Concorde lounge terrace?
Nov 16, 2011, 12:53 am
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Nov 16, 2011, 12:54 am
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Nov 16, 2011, 12:55 am
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T5 is a Non Smoking building and this Terrace is actually inside the building.
If you are on connection your only chance to smoke is to ask on a customer service desk to escort you outside. In order to do that you should have a connection time >3 hours and the BAA agent that will escort you will do that once per hour.
If you are on connection your only chance to smoke is to ask on a customer service desk to escort you outside. In order to do that you should have a connection time >3 hours and the BAA agent that will escort you will do that once per hour.
Nov 16, 2011, 1:02 am
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If your staying in the UK I am afraid you will find that all public buildings are non-smoking. You will have to stand outside in the rain and endure the glares of passers by. No outdoors terraces in T5. Just outside the building before you go through security.
Nov 16, 2011, 2:57 am
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No need to stand in the rain if you are BAA staff at T5, you can stand just by the exterior lifts next to the entrance doors, (which is a covered area and has no smoking signs all over it), and huddle together in a group of 6 to 10, all tabbing away. Yuck.
Nov 16, 2011, 4:19 am
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The whole of airside at LHR is non-smoking, as well as all indoor landside areas and most areas by doors etc.
Staff not complying with the rules do risk having their ID card (ie. their job) taken away.
Staff not complying with the rules do risk having their ID card (ie. their job) taken away.
Nov 16, 2011, 5:09 am
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Nov 16, 2011, 6:03 am
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I bought some nicotine chewing gum for the first time before a flight to DXB earlier this year.
I'm normally mr grumpy crawling up the walls for a ciggy on flights but with the gum things were much more relaxed.
A word of warning if you haven't had one before, go for the weaker ones and don't eat a whole one whatever you do!
I found that just nibbling on one every hour or so worked great and really made the cravings go away.
If I actually wanted to give up smoking I think these would be the way to go.
I'm normally mr grumpy crawling up the walls for a ciggy on flights but with the gum things were much more relaxed.
A word of warning if you haven't had one before, go for the weaker ones and don't eat a whole one whatever you do!
I found that just nibbling on one every hour or so worked great and really made the cravings go away.
If I actually wanted to give up smoking I think these would be the way to go.
Nov 16, 2011, 6:14 am
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I go with the 21mg patches for flights. They don't stop me wanting a fag but they do stop me wanting to kill again.
What's torture when you find yourself high up above Hudson Bay is when the movie you're watching is full of people puffing away. Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire are also best avoided in flight.
What's torture when you find yourself high up above Hudson Bay is when the movie you're watching is full of people puffing away. Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire are also best avoided in flight.
Nov 16, 2011, 6:17 am
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Nov 16, 2011, 6:30 am
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I go with the 21mg patches for flights. They don't stop me wanting a fag but they do stop me wanting to kill again.
What's torture when you find yourself high up above Hudson Bay is when the movie you're watching is full of people puffing away. Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire are also best avoided in flight.
What's torture when you find yourself high up above Hudson Bay is when the movie you're watching is full of people puffing away. Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire are also best avoided in flight.
Grrrrrr....