1997: Flight attendant suit settles: lawyers for attendants get $49 million; tobacco companies get a shelter from future class-actions by attendants; flight attendants with lung diseases get nothing.
1998: No-smoking on all U.S. domestic flights.
1999: Japan Airlines bans smoking and offers passengers little plastic tubes to suck on to "help suppress the urge."
2000: U.S. Federal Law 106-181 sec. 252.3, passed on 4/5/00, took effect in June 2000. It simply says, "All carriers shall prohibit smoking on all scheduled passenger flights."
In 2002, a Greek airline permitted smoking between Athens and New York. An asthmatic who didn't expect to be on a smoking flight, had an asthmatic attack and died. His widow sued. This precedent-setting lawsuit that was decided for the deceased's widow by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 (02-1348).
The US airlines were loosing business to the carriers that allowed smoking. But at the end they all found out they could save huge on fuel, by recycling 75% of the cabin air. Thats a saving of about 3-6 metric tons on a flight, and no refuelling stops needed. So now you respire the farts and deceases of everybody on the plane. Way better before, when the airplane smelled of smoke but with fresh air all the time.
It was made in 1988, as Northwest banned smoking on ALL domestic flights on April 23, 1988 (the same day the FAA banned smoking on flights two hours or less). Believe it or not, it was a very controversial move at the time for Northwest, but it paid off, as smoke-free flights are something we take for granted today.
Do you have the other Northwest Airlines No Smoking ad?
gatewayeast1609 11 months ago
1973: No-smoking sections introduced.
1979: Cigars and pipes banned on planes.
1987: Air Canada offers no-smoking flights between New York and Montreal, and reports a reduction in aircraft cleaning costs.
1988: No-smoking on all U.S. domestic flights under 2 hours.
1990: No-smoking on all U.S. domestic flights under 6 hours.
1994: Nonsmoking flight attendants with lung diseases sue seven tobacco companies.
zippyman818 1 year ago
1997: Flight attendant suit settles: lawyers for attendants get $49 million; tobacco companies get a shelter from future class-actions by attendants; flight attendants with lung diseases get nothing.
1998: No-smoking on all U.S. domestic flights.
1999: Japan Airlines bans smoking and offers passengers little plastic tubes to suck on to "help suppress the urge."
zippyman818 1 year ago
2000: U.S. Federal Law 106-181 sec. 252.3, passed on 4/5/00, took effect in June 2000. It simply says, "All carriers shall prohibit smoking on all scheduled passenger flights."
In 2002, a Greek airline permitted smoking between Athens and New York. An asthmatic who didn't expect to be on a smoking flight, had an asthmatic attack and died. His widow sued. This precedent-setting lawsuit that was decided for the deceased's widow by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 (02-1348).
zippyman818 1 year ago
The US airlines were loosing business to the carriers that allowed smoking. But at the end they all found out they could save huge on fuel, by recycling 75% of the cabin air. Thats a saving of about 3-6 metric tons on a flight, and no refuelling stops needed. So now you respire the farts and deceases of everybody on the plane. Way better before, when the airplane smelled of smoke but with fresh air all the time.
Francotirador44 3 years ago
Hey, first of all; when people smoke there is no fresh air. Secondly, I never heard of anyone dying from flatulence (fart) cancer.
TheMidnightBell07 2 years ago
RIP NWA 1926-2010
malioil 3 years ago
why?
glen11ab 2 years ago
theyve been sold off to to Delta. By 2010 there 'phasing out' should be completed
malioil 2 years ago
great commercial. i've been looking for this for a while. where did you find it?
petey8887 4 years ago
great commercial. i've been looking for this for a while. where did you find it?
petey8887 4 years ago
When did they ban smoking on international flights?
homersimpson9 4 years ago
Somewhere between 1987-1988.
scrap104 4 years ago
It was made in 1988, as Northwest banned smoking on ALL domestic flights on April 23, 1988 (the same day the FAA banned smoking on flights two hours or less). Believe it or not, it was a very controversial move at the time for Northwest, but it paid off, as smoke-free flights are something we take for granted today.
MFfan310 4 years ago 2
Smoggers suck!! Dont smoke!
dkorda 4 years ago 2
When was this commercial made?
LordBigDog 4 years ago