News Forum - Puffing Israeli passenger puts Bangkok flight at risk

[Thaiger]

An Israeli passenger caused a small fire on an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Bangkok yesterday. The plane was mid-flight at the time of the incident and continued on its path as planned until it landed in Bangkok, despite the fire. The nicotine-addicted passenger had been unable to resist a fly puff on an illegal cigarette in the aircraft’s toilet. He had apparently tried to put out the cigarette in the waste bin, behaviour many will find astonishing considering the warnings to passengers on international flights. The fire broke out when the burning butt set light to some toilet […]

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[Shade_Wilder]

"The nicotine-addicted passenger had been unable to resist a fly puff on an illegal cigarette in the aircraft’s toilet. He had apparently tried to put out the cigarette in the waste bin, behaviour many will find astonishing considering the warnings to passengers on international flights."

THIS is what nicotine addiction does to a person.

If there were some benefit to smoking, even a small one, perhaps there could be a reason to continue allowing its purchase, but there isn't. There is NO good reason to smoke. None.

It is time to just ban smoking cigarettes.

Yes, an outright ban.

Period.

[Pinga]

On 10/29/2022 at 9:22 AM, Shade_Wilder said:

It is time to just ban smoking cigarettes.

Cigarettes AND vapes AND shisha, in public. If they want to kill themselves in private let them, but secondhand smoke damages everyone around them and should be completely outlawed everywhere.

Phuket is #1 for secondhand smoke in Thailand. Partying there is like partying in an ashtray. Putting the lives of patrons and employees alike in danger and at serious risk for cancer over long term exposure to shisha, vape, and cigarette smoke. Not to mention the fact that shisha and vapes are actually illegal - but Phuket can do whatever they want, it seems.

[Fanta]

On 10/29/2022 at 4:22 PM, Shade_Wilder said:

THIS is what nicotine addiction does to a person.

If there were some benefit to smoking, even a small one, perhaps there could be a reason to continue allowing its purchase, but there isn't. There is NO good reason to smoke. None.

It is time to just ban smoking cigarettes.

Yes, an outright ban.

One lousy cigarette in a plane and it’s Doomsday! One muppet stuffs explosives in his shoes and over 20 years later we are still taking our shoes off at airports. If gubbermints want to stop smoking they can just tax the bejesus out of them, no preaching required. 

[HiuMak]

I was once in a flight where one guy was smoking in the toilet and set off the smoke alarm.

He was immediately arrested when we landed.

[Marc26]

46 minutes ago, Fanta said:

One lousy cigarette in a plane and it’s Doomsday! One muppet stuffs explosives in his shoes and over 20 years later we are still taking our shoes off at airports. If gubbermints want to stop smoking they can just tax the bejesus out of them, no preaching required. 

There are many things that are not allowed in public 

 

Mainly drinking alcohol in many cities and countries

 

So why can't one of the most intrusive, disgusting, harmful and selfish addictions also be banned in public?

 

Smokers have shown that most of them are extremely inconsiderate and selfish 

So they can't be trusted not to force their nasty addiction on others

 

Let them feed their addiction in their own house and not harm others 

[Fanta]

10 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

So why can't one of the most intrusive, disgusting, harmful and selfish addictions also be banned in public?

I never said it couldn’t be. I was responding to the cry to outright ban all cigarettes. 

[Marc26]

11 minutes ago, Fanta said:

I never said it couldn’t be. I was responding to the cry to outright ban all cigarettes. 

Sorry

Yeah I'm not advocating that

 

If people want to smoke in private they absolutely should be able to

 

All kinds of vices that we deem legal