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15 Realities About American Travel Before TSA

9. On-Board Smoking Allowed

9. On-Board Smoking Allowed
Exploring air travel’s smoky past before TSA regulations reshaped airport and airplane environments.

Before the establishment of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in 2001, smoking was common in airports and on airplanes until bans began in the late 1980s. Even then, ‘smoking sections’ persisted for years. Air travel’s smoky history is detailed at Smithsonian Magazine.

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