Other airlines should join Delta’s smoking ban on trans-Atlantic flights (Tribune, Aug. 26).
The House Aviation Subcommittee approved a bill to ban smoking on all international flights to or from the United States. The bill should be enthusiastically endorsed by the president and enacted by Congress without delay.
Fortunately, several years ago Congress recognized the wisdom of banning smoking on domestic flights of six hours or less to protect passengers and flight attendants from the carcinogens and toxins of poisonous secondary tobacco smoke. The health risk on international flights is greater than on shorter domestic flights.
Passage of the bill will assure that health and lives will be placed ahead of the economic interests of the tobacco companies and airlines.
