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E-cigs on a plane & in the airport

10/11/14

Can you vape on vacation? Maybe. Maybe not. Sales of e-cigarettes and their cousins, re-fillable “vaporizers,” are currently a $2.2 billion market in the United States, according to tobacco analysts at Wells Fargo Securities, up from an estimated $1.7 billion in 2013. And e-cig consumption could surpass that of combustible cigarettes in 10 years, according →

Airports working out how to deal with new pot laws

06/19/14

Colorado and Washington work out new laws on pot. →

Smoker in need of a hotel?

02/05/14

Smoker in need of a hotel? →

Fines set for having pot at Colorado airports

01/11/14

Fines set for having pot at Colorado airports →

Worried about the 787 and the one-butt ashtray

01/21/13

Boeing, the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), airlines and all manner of interested parties are worried about the fate of the 787 Dreamliner. And I am too. For all the reasons everyone else wants all the problems to be resolved but also because I’m worried about the fate of the one-butt ashtray. While →

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Smoking lounges at airports not going away

01/20/13

Smoking is still allowed in specific areas at the five major U.S. airports detailed in a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that showed air pollution levels that are significantly higher than those at non-smoking airports. One of the airports — Denver International — did snuff three of its four smoking areas in →

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Denver Airport deletes smoking lounges

01/12/13

Denver International Airport is making good on its plan to close down the smoking lounges. Since May, when the city’s mayor held a press conference to announce the plan, three of the four smoking lounges at the Denver airport have closed. The fourth lounge, Timberline, located on on Concourse C, will shut down when its →

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Thanksgiving Travel Tibits: food, music & smoke

11/21/12

If you’re traveling through an airport during this week’s Thanksgiving travel madness, here are some travel tidbits to keep in mind. Worried about second-hand smoke? Then don’t stand near airport smoking lounges – and consider holding your breath when you walk by. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, →

Smoking at the airport? Good luck with that.

06/06/12

Want to light up a cigarette before or after your next flight? Good luck with that. According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, indoor smoking is completely banned at 27 of the 35 busiest U.S. airports. Soon it will be 28. Well, make that 27 and 3/4. Denver International Airport, currently the only public →

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Denver International Airport going smoke-free

05/18/12

Denver International Airport joining the (long) list of airports that ban indoor smoking. →

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