That phrase struck me with annoyance too. Health nuts? There are quite a few of us who don't want to be exposed to second hand smoke for many good reasons, and certainly not while aboard a plane, in small quarters, where we can't get away from the smoke. I grew up abused by parents who gave me lashes for speaking out against being forced to be exposed to my father's second hand smoke as a child. While I think that lashing is harsh for that man who smoked aboard the craft, if it was the understood law of his land, then he knew the risks and was a selfish fool. I believe that smokers have the right to smoke, but not where others who do not want to be exposed to it are trying to breathe.

YES "health nuts" and "fought back". This no-smoking craze has gone beyong insane. I AM NOT NOT NOT ADVOCATING SMOKING ON AN AIRLINER. That is way too small an area to smoke in. What chaps my butt is how buddies have Happy Hour'ed in smokey bars for YEARS, smoked like chimneys themselves, have quit and are now on a perpetual soap box about not smoking. Incredible. They are very heavy people but preach about smoking? Lose about 50 pounds and then come talk to me about my addiction. Second Hand Smoke theory is simply a theory and unproven. Many a doc has confided that it the medical profession thought it up as another way to explain WHAT THEY DO NOT KNOW. Lighten up on us smokers...unless you are perfect. Then you can preach to me about my bad habit.