14 C.F.R. PART 252—SMOKING ABOARD AIRCRAFT
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
Authority: Pub. L 101–164; 49 U.S.C. 40102, 40109, 40113, 41701, 41702, 41706, as amended by section 708 of Pub. L 106–181, 41711, and 46301. For smoking rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, see 14 CFR 121.317(c), 121.571(a)(1)(i), 129.29, 135.117(a)(1), and 135.127(a). Source: Docket No. OST–2000–7473, 65 FR 36775, June 9, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
This part implements a ban on smoking of tobacco products on air carrier and foreign air carrier flights in scheduled intrastate, interstate and foreign air transportation, as required by 49 USC 41706. It also addresses smoking on charter flights. Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to require air carriers or foreign air carriers to permit the smoking of tobacco products aboard aircraft. Note to §252.1: As defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102, an “air carrier” is a citizen of the United States undertaking to provide air transportation, and a “foreign air carrier” is a person, not a citizen of the United States, undertaking to provide foreign air transportation. This part applies to all operations of air carriers engaged in interstate, intrastate and foreign air transportation and to foreign air carriers engaged in foreign air transportation, but does not apply to the on-demand services of air taxi operators. Air carriers shall prohibit smoking on all scheduled passenger flights. (a) Foreign air carriers shall prohibit smoking on all scheduled passenger flight segments: (1) Between points in the United States, and (2) Between the U.S. and any foreign point. (b) A foreign government objecting to the application of paragraph (a) of this section on the basis that paragraph (a) provides for extraterritorial application of the laws of the United States may request and obtain a waiver of paragraph (a) from the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy, provided that an alternative smoking prohibition resulting from bilateral negotiations is in effect. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, air carriers operating nonstop flight segments to which §§252.3 and 252.13 do not apply shall provide, at a minimum: (1) A no-smoking section for each class of service; (2) A sufficient number of seats in each no-smoking section to accommodate all persons in that class of service who wish to be seated there; (3) Expansion of no-smoking sections to meet passenger demand; and (4) Special provisions to ensure that if a no-smoking section is placed between smoking sections, the nonsmoking passengers are not unreasonably burdened. (b) On flights for which passengers may make confirmed reservations and on which seats are assigned before boarding, an air carrier need not provide a seat in a no-smoking section to a passenger who has not met the carrier's requirements as to time and method of obtaining a seat on the flight, or who does not have a confirmed reservation. If a seat is available in the established no-smoking section, however, an air carrier shall seat there any enplaning passenger who so requests, regardless of boarding time or reservation status. The restrictions on smoking described in §§252.3 through 252.7 shall apply to all locations within the aircraft. Air carriers shall prohibit smoking whenever the ventilation system is not fully functioning. Fully functioning for this purpose means operating so as to provide the level and quality of ventilation specified and designed by the manufacturer for the number of persons currently in the passenger compartment. (a) Air carriers shall prohibit smoking whenever the aircraft is on the ground. (b) With respect to the restrictions on smoking described in §252.5, foreign air carriers shall prohibit smoking from the time an aircraft begins enplaning passengers until the time passengers complete deplaning. Air carriers shall prohibit smoking on aircraft designed to have a passenger capacity of 30 or fewer seats. Note to §252.13: This section, like the rest of this part, does not apply to on-demand services of air taxi operators; see §252.2 in this part. Air carriers shall prohibit the smoking of cigars and pipes aboard aircraft. Air carriers and foreign air carriers shall take such action as is necessary to ensure that smoking by passengers or crew is not permitted in the passenger cabin or lavatories on no-smoking flight segments. Air carriers shall take such action as is necessary to ensure that smoking by passengers or crew is not permitted in no-smoking sections or at other times or places where smoking is prohibited by this part, and to maintain required separation of passengers in smoking and no-smoking areas. On single-entity charters operated pursuant to §§207.50 or 208.300 of this title, air carriers need not comply with the procedures of this part 252 if such a request is made by the charterer, provided that each passenger on such flights is given notice of the smoking procedures for the flight at the time he or she first makes arrangements to take the flight.
Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 252—SMOKING ABOARD AIRCRAFT
Section Contents
§ 252.1 Purpose.
§ 252.2 Applicability.
§ 252.3 Smoking ban: air carriers.
§ 252.5 Smoking ban: foreign air carriers.
§ 252.7 No-smoking sections.
§ 252.8 Extent of smoking restrictions.
§ 252.9 Ventilation systems.
§ 252.11 Aircraft on the ground.
§ 252.13 Small aircraft.
§ 252.15 Cigars and pipes.
§ 252.17 Enforcement.
§ 252.19 Single-entity charters.
§ 252.1 Purpose.
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§ 252.2 Applicability.
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§ 252.3 Smoking ban: air carriers.
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§ 252.5 Smoking ban: foreign air carriers.
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§ 252.7 No-smoking sections.
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§ 252.8 Extent of smoking restrictions.
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§ 252.9 Ventilation systems.
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§ 252.11 Aircraft on the ground.
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§ 252.13 Small aircraft.
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§ 252.15 Cigars and pipes.
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§ 252.17 Enforcement.
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§ 252.19 Single-entity charters.
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