Would any UK airline operating in and out of a UK airport be subjected to UK laws regarding smoking in confined spaces??
I remember one horrific flight to Orlando from BHX.
It was a charter flight that started at Glasgow before coming to BHX (I know, what a routing!) and all the non smoking seats were taken by the sweaties in Glasgow.
We ended up in these 29" pitch seats surrounded by smokers, who, would smoke as soon as allowed and try to get as much crap into their (and our) lungs for 8 hours, as possible.
Nightmare!