Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm old enough to remember smoking on airplanes as a child. I hated it but they made you do it. 363214363
Cowb0t 𓅃 @cowb0t.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They needed to fill them with hot air so they could fly! 060
Simon @simon437.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ultimate legacy of the analog era: we didn't just tolerate second-hand smoke, we treated the cabin like a giant, pressurized ashtray. Now we just trade lung damage for the slow psychic decay of fighting with a boarding pass QR code. 090
Jamie loves the fall @greylibertine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh god yeah. I remember my first transcontinental flight at 5 years old. They handed me that cigarette and it took the edge right off my ADHD. 020
The Cat in the High Chair @overkoalafried.bsky.social · 02/10/2026when I used to fly I never inhaled I promise. I sat there the whole plane ride without inhaling once 020
Bazmeister @bazmeister.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I waa 18 when I flew on Concorde in 1979 (long story) and they handed out enormous Havanas that people puffed away on. 030
Christina to-the Super @pagemaster157.bsky.social · 04/10/2026All the smoke helped with lift. We all did our part! 000
Rattus Norvegicus @omarshockapopolis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My Dad was an airline mechanic. He told me that the cigarette smoke was used to find cracks in the bulkheads of the airplanes. As the smoke would seep out of the cracks, it would stain them brown. They use non-destructive tests to find the cracks now. 070
Amanda E 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our parents knew looking cool was important - why not start early? 120
(((Sarah))) @smpa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My first flight as an unaccompanied minor was in late 1989, so after it was banned for very short domestic flights and just before it was banned for anything under 6 hours. As a consequence I mostly remember grown-ups being annoyed that they couldn't smoke, rather than actual in-flight smoking. 010
GrandstandFan @grandstandfan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comAirplane SmokingALT: Airplane Smoking 1350
mikekenzie.bsky.social @mikekenzie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've seen stories that the smoking made maintenance easier because the smoke left stains on small holes. 000
Graham Ward @yelobeli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Travelled across the USA coast to coast by Greyhound in 1988. The laws on smoking differed from state to state. Very confused. 000
Janey @saysjaney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 They even had an area at the back of the plane where smokers could stand and congregate. Ask me how I know 100
Possible Cabbage 🟢 @possiblecabbage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This was at least better than when there were no more seats in the non-smoking sections of restaurants. 000
Áine Mc Caul ✍🏼 @ainemccaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I remember going on a school exchange to Germany at 15 and being stuck in the smoking area at the back of the plane. I was so glad when one of the teachers came and begged me to swap seats so he could have a smoke. 070
Corey the Scary Street @cstrable.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh phew I thought you meant only adults were allowed to do it 030
Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yeah, you had to smoke the whole pack or the pilot wouldn't land. That was tough for a 6-year-old. 000
Tree man: Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026True story: Catching flight Karachi to Istanbul 1985; Me: Can we have a non-smoking area please? Attendant: How many of you are there? Me: 5 Attendant: If you sit together it will be the non-smoking section. NEXT! 000
Steve Middlebrook @stmdc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When I was in college they still had smoking in the back half of the plane, but if you asked for non-smoking, they had to give you a NS seat. If I got a smoking seat, I would request NS and they would move you. A couple of times coach was full and I got bumped to first class. 1140
Ice Cream Maker Guy @icecreammakerguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think I read about this….static.klipy.comShirley Reading Nuns' Life on AirplaneALT: Shirley Reading Nuns' Life on Airplane 000
deadmoose @deadmoose.com · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comHey Smoke Up Johnny!Alt: The Breakfast Club: Hey Smoke Up Johnny! 0110
Scott Larson @wballphotos.com · 02/10/2026Do you remember sitting in the "non-smoking" row just one row away from the smoking row? What a joke that was. 000
Bad Idea Society @badideasociety.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I used to swap the ashtray on the armrest next to mine for another in the vicinity because I hate cleaning up after myself. I would usually do this 8-10 times during a 4 hour flight 000
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My dad used to argue that the family should sit in smoking - my mother wasn't standing for it. So he'd go sit the other side of the ineffectual curtain with all the disgusting people. 010
Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just like drinking from the hose. You might think I *wanted* to do that?? 000
runningwineaux.bsky.social @runningwineaux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the kind of thing that when I tell my kids about it, they look at me like I’m 938 years old. 020
Feral Maui Hermit @mauigreg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Didn't they have little ashtrays in the armrests? 120
