twas I who posted this thing in the first instance and let me reinforce that this isn't a smoking is right or wrong thread (hasn't that been done to death?). It's simply that an article stated Ryanair were banning those that they found smoking on board for life and it was solely down to safety reasons. Yes, I agree that foolishly starting a fire in the lav is dangerous, but wouldn't they be better off just stating that they were banning people because they broke company policy on no passenger smoking on board? I understand that it is only policy after all, since not all countries or aviation authorities have placed a ban on in-flight smoking.