# 101st Airborne and non-smoking flights

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101st-airborne-and-non-smoking-flights/611813>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 5, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101st-airborne-and-non-smoking-flights/611813 "2012-02-05T01:36:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101st-airborne-and-non-smoking-flights/611813/1 "2012-02-05T01:36:24Z")

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[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3X7HfezzE&t=0m47s) made me wonder. Assuming it ever was legal, when did the Army ban smoking on airplanes?

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**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101st-airborne-and-non-smoking-flights/611813/2 "2012-02-05T02:53:09Z")

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> [@Fish\_Cheer](#):
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> [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3X7HfezzE&t=0m47s) made me wonder. Assuming it ever was legal, when did the Army ban smoking on airplanes?

[July 7, 1986.](http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/12/us/army-bans-smoking-at-work-and-in-its-vehicles-or-aircraft.html)

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**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101st-airborne-and-non-smoking-flights/611813/3 "2012-02-05T14:59:25Z")

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Awesome. Thank you.