Feds Drop Ban on Lighters on Planes
By ERIC LIPTON,The New York Times
Posted: 2007-07-20 14:37:25
Filed Under: Nation
WASHINGTON (July 20) — Federal aviation authorities have decided to stop enforcing a two-year-old rule against taking cigarette lighters on airplanes, concluding that it was a waste of time to search for them before passengers boarded.