Starting on October 22, the Federal Aviation Administration eliminated the rule that required an off switch for the "No smoking" sign, even though smoking on U.S. flights officially ended decades ago.

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Hotels can still allow smoking in up to 20 percent of their rooms, and smoking can be allowed in approved designated areas at shopping malls and work places in the upscale city of 23,000 residents.

At the time, Magary said that more than 80% of the company’s customers weren’t smokers and that more than 30% of the smokers preferred to sit in nonsmoking seats on an airplane. The smoking ...