Ryanair to introduce smokeless 'cigarettes'

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“SMOKELESS” CIGARETTES which look like the real thing but do not have to be lit to provide nicotine to the user, are to be introduced by Ryanair.

Smoking on commercial flights has been illegal since the 1990s, but the airline says it will introduce Similar Smokeless Cigarettes, which it says look and feel like a real cigarette and deliver a small amount of nicotine through inhalation – passengers do not light the ‘cigarette’.

The new Similar Smokeless Cigarettes are available to passengers over 18 years of age and are sold in packs of 10 on board all of the company’s flights for €6.

A company statement said they contained no toxins or chemicals and were harmless to the user and to those around them.


hehe, not bad. in exceptional circumstances of course. because smoke is such a part of the pleasure there!

source: irishtimes.com, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0921/1224254909701.html

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. The US FDA seems to be leaning to ban e-cigarettes

[DJ13]

2. This will be a real test

Those who were using second hand smoke as an excuse to curtail people from an activity they dont approve of will have to find another reason to complain now.

[Kalyke]

3. Bingo.

This should be very interesting.

[TheKentuckian]

4. Yup, what will the nany staters come up with now?

I suspect they will fight cigarette alternatives on the back end and still oppose on GP.

[Initech]

5. Now someone needs to come up with a fire-less lighter.