Sky-high skirmish in no-smoking war

You may remember the American Cancer Society's Nov. 20 "GreatAmerican Smoke-Out," when millions of U.S. smokers tried to kick thehabit.

Nov. 20 also marked the last day of another attempted"smoke-out" - by a major airline.

The Great American Smoke-Out was considered a success. But amonth-long attempt by Continental Airlines to get its passengers tokick the habit may have gone up in smoke. The Continental experiencetells us a lot about smokers, the tobacco lobby and how airlinesapproach the problem.

As many airline executives admit, it's not easy to ban smoking.There is an ongoing hostile climate between those who smoke aloft andthose who don't. Thus, …