"i would much rather climb into an airplane piloted by a chain-smoker than one piloted by a smoker deprived of cigarettes for a number of hours - not allowed to smoke during flight," he ended his warning in 1976 - and subsequently the proposal of a smoking ban among pilots was dropped.

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"I would much rather climb into an airplane piloted by a chain-smoker than one piloted by a smoker deprived of cigarettes for a number of hours - not allowed to smoke during flight," he ended his warning in 1976 - and subsequently the proposal of a smoking ban among pilots was dropped.