['DRAFT', 'total', 'ban', 'on', 'the', 'grounds', 'that', 'cigars', 'and', 'pipes', 'were', 'more', 'harmful', 'and', 'offensive', 'to', 'non-smokers', 'and', 'less', 'addictive', 'to', 'smokers', 'than', 'cigarettes.', 'In', 'their', 'view,', 'this', 'made', 'it', 'easier', 'for', 'cigar', 'and', 'pipe', 'smokers', 'to', 'refrain', 'while', 'on', 'a', 'plane', 'and', 'more', 'imperative', 'that', 'they', 'do', 'so.', 'The', 'Airline', 'Passenger', 'Association', '(APA)', 'submitted', 'the', 'results', 'of', 'a', 'survey', 'that', 'indicated', 'that', '51', 'percent', 'of', 'its', 'membership', 'favored', 'a', 'total', 'ban', 'on', 'cigar', 'and', 'pipe', 'smoking', 'aboard', 'aircraft.', 'Several', 'airlines', 'and', 'pro-smoking', 'organizations', 'opposed', 'the', 'proposed', 'alternatives.', 'The', 'ATA', 'stated', 'that', 'the', "Board's", 'proposals', 'were', 'unworkable.', 'It', 'found', 'no', 'evidence', 'that', 'seating', 'cigar', 'and', 'pipe', 'smokers', 'mear', 'air', 'vents', 'would', 'provide', 'any', 'additional', 'comfort', 'for', 'non-smokers.', 'A', 'requirement', 'that', 'cigar', 'and', 'pipe', 'smokers', 'be', 'seated', 'at', 'the', 'rear', 'would,', 'in', "ATA's", 'view,', 'restrict', "carriers'", 'ability', 'to', 'have', 'different', 'service', 'levels', 'in', 'the', 'same', 'compartment', 'and', 'slow', 'the', 'check-in', 'process.', 'ATA', 'considered', 'extinguishing', 'pipes', 'and', 'cigars', 'upon', 'passenger', 'request', 'to', 'be', 'a', 'matter', 'of', 'common', 'courtesy', 'that', 'carriers', 'already', 'attempt', 'to', 'provide,', 'one', 'that', 'does', 'not', 'need', 'to', 'be', 'regulated', 'by', 'the', 'government.', 'The', 'Cigar', 'Association', 'of', 'America', 'and', 'the', 'Tobacco', 'Institute', 'insisted', 'that', 'cigar', 'and', 'pipe', 'smokers', 'have', 'the', 'same', 'right', 'to', 'adequate', 'service', 'under', 'section', '404(a)', 'of', 'the', 'Act', 'as', 'non-smokers,', 'and', 'that', 'this', 'right', 'includes', 'being', 'free', 'to', 'smoke.', 'The', 'Cigar', 'Association', 'recognized', 'that', '“the', 'right', 'of', 'smokers', 'may', 'not', 'be', 'absolute', 'and', 'that', 'it', 'mst', 'be', 'tempered', 'by', 'the', 'need', 'to', 'accommodate', 'the', 'corresponding', 'right', 'of', 'non~smokers.”', 'It', 'considered', 'the', "Board's", 'current', 'rule', 'requiring', 'special', 'segregation', 'of', 'cigar', 'and', 'pipe', 'smokers', 'as', 'the', 'appropriate', 'resolution', 'of', 'the', 'conflicting', 'rights,', 'viewing', 'further', 'regulatory', 'action', 'in', 'this', 'area', 'as', 'serving', 'no', 'useful', 'purpose.', 'The', 'Board', 'recognizes', 'that', 'cigar', 'and', 'pipe', 'smoke', 'causes', 'greater', 'discomfort', 'for', 'some', 'nonsmokers', 'than', 'cigarettes.', 'The', 'special', 'segregation', 'requirement,', 'however,', 'is', 'not', 'the', 'best', 'way', 'to', 'deal', 'with', 'this', 'problem.', 'This', 'requirement', 'creates', 'practical', 'difficulties', 'for', 'carriers', 'in', 'arranging', 'seating', 'aboard', 'the', 'aircraft.', 'More', 'importantly,', 'it', 'is', 'a', 'vague', 'requirement', 'and', 'therefore', 'difficult', 'to', 'effectively', 'obey', 'or', 'enforce.', 'The', 'Board', 'tentatively', 'concludes', 'that', 'these', 'difficulties', 'outweigh', 'any', 'benefits', 'of', 'the', 'special', 'segregation', 'requirement.', 'Indeed,', 'the', 'benefits', 'appear', 'to', 'be', 'slight.', 'The', 'Board', 'received', 'the', 'same', 'number', 'of', 'complaints', 'about', 'cigars', 'and', 'pipes', 'in', 'the', 'year', 'after', 'this', 'requirement', 'was', 'eliminated', 'as', 'it', 'had', 'during', 'the', 'last', 'year', 'it', 'was', 'in', 'effect.', 'Most', 'carriers', 'have', 'banned', 'cigars', 'and', 'pipes', 'on', 'their', 'own', 'initiative', 'in', 'any', 'event', 'so', 'that', 'special', 'segregation', 'may', 'be', 'a', 'step', '|', 'EY9EPLEO']