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Services of' Mead Data Central~ Inc: LEVEL 1 - 38 OF 55 STORIES Copyright (c) 1987 The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times PAGE - 131 August 2, 1987, Sunday, Home Edition SECTION: View; Part 6; Page 7; Column 2; View Desk LENGTH: 241 words HEADLINE: FOR TRAVELERS, THE BREATHING IS EASIEST IN FIRST CLASS BODY: Where is purest seating aboard a modern jetliner? According to a 1986 National Research Council study, the air in one section comes close to~alpine. Unfortunately for travelers, it's in the cockpit, where delivery of fresh air is at least 10 times higher than that supplied the passenger cabin. That, noted the study, is to assure crew alertness and instrument efficiency. For travelers, the cleanest atmosphere is in first class. There are fewer people and fewer smokers In an area wlth more room per passenger. A draft of clean air whispers from the cockpit. Thus, first-class air in smoking and nonsmoking sections is often times cleaner than in business or coa ch. What of rear cabin travelers? "With ventilation being from nose to tail, the first few rows of nonsmoking in coach are my choice,", said Mickey Cohen of San Diego, director of maintenan ce for PSA. °'In the back of the airplane, in addition to the smoke, it tends to get colder because you're near the (ventilation) outflow valve." But that, noted Robert Rosner, executive director of the Smoking Po~ Institute of the University of Seattle, only applies to one-class travel. W hen there are first, business and coach classes, the initial rows of nonsmoking in business or coach are immediately behind smoking sections. "So I always try to sit in the first third of nonsmoking in busi'ness or coacFt, around Rows 10 to 12 presuming Rows 1 to 25 are nonsmoking," he said. SUBJECT: - SMQKIN6;, AIRLINES -- UNITED STATES; HEALTH HAZARDS; AIRLINE PASSENGERS tm LEXIS*NEx1s*LEx 1s*A1EXe s*