A couple of story research questions.

[DRD818]

Just a couple of details I'm having a little difficulty pinning down. Please help, if you can:

1. When were smoking bans introduced to airplanes/airports in the US?

2. How quickly does The Pill kick in? How long does the protection last after it's discontinued?

 

[slyc_willie]

Just a couple of details I'm having a little difficulty pinning down. Please help, if you can:

1. When were smoking bans introduced to airplanes/airports in the US?

2. How quickly does The Pill kick in? How long does the protection last after it's discontinued?

1. It depends form airline to airline, but between 1992 and 1997, most airlines were made smoke-free.

2. My understanding is that the Pill take about a month to regulate a woman's menstrual cycle. But women would be better suited to answer this.

 

[DRD818]

Wow, thanks for the greased-lightning response.

 

[slyc_willie]

Wow, thanks for the greased-lightning response.

*chuckle*

Caught me at just the right time, I guess . . . .

 

[cloudy]

2. How quickly does The Pill kick in? How long does the protection last after it's discontinued?

Most doctors will tell you to use some other form of contraception the first month that you take the pill, and they generally advise waiting until you've been off it at least three months before trying to get pregnant.

Of course, it was a good while ago for me...I think the second question would depend on what type of birth control pill it was (yes, there are several different types), and what dosage the hormones they contained.

 

[3113]

I have smoking bans on airlines dating back to '87-'88

Here's a headline article from April '88 on the subject. That, at least, is when it started on flights under two hours.

 

[DRD818]

Thank ye, cloudy.

Twenty-seven thousand posts. That's incredible.

 

[slyc_willie]

I have smoking bans on airlines dating back to '87-'88

Here's a headline article from April '88 on the subject. That, at least, is when it started on flights under two hours.

True, short-hour flights had smoking bans on them beginning in the late eighties. But I remember the collective groan when AA and United adopted no-smoking policies on all flights in the 90s.

Flying to Hawaii was hell . . . .

 

[DRD818]

I have smoking bans on airlines dating back to '87-'88

Here's a headline article from April '88 on the subject. That, at least, is when it started on flights under two hours.

Perfect. Evidently, I just wasn't looking hard enough. Thank you, too.

 

[cloudy]

Thank ye, cloudy.

Twenty-seven thousand posts. That's incredible.

I'm one of the old-timers...been here awhile.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Just a couple of details I'm having a little difficulty pinning down. Please help, if you can:

1. When were smoking bans introduced to airplanes/airports in the US?

2. How quickly does The Pill kick in? How long does the protection last after it's discontinued?

McCarran in Vegas just closed their smoking lounges a couple of months ago.

 

[cloudy]

As of last year, the Atlanta airport still had smoking lounges, but I haven't been through there since then.

 

[RogueLurker]

McCarran in Vegas just closed their smoking lounges a couple of months ago.

I loved that smoking lounge. After 8 hours of waiting in non-smoking airports and flying, it was the most beautiful thing that I saw when I got into McCarran - and it had slot machines in it. In retrospect (even when I was a smoker), those sealed lounges are horrendous - despite "ventilation" the air is blue. *shudder*