Young, Patty

Patty Young is an anti-smoking advocate, specifically focusing on passive smoking (commonly known as second-hand smoke) and smoking on airplanes.

A flight attendant since 1966, Patty Young started her one-woman crusade against smoking on airplanes in 1969. At first her crusade focused mainly on the dangers of cigarette fires. This concern, however, soon changed to encompass the health concerns of passive smoking, since young flight attendants who had never smoked were continually diagnosed with chronic and life threatening health issues, such as smoke intolerance, sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and lung cancer. Young herself has many health issues due to constant exposure to tobacco smoke on airplanes. Congress banned smoking on domestic flights in 1990 mainly due to Young's testimony on passive smoking.

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