CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; MD80. INTOXICATED MAN THREW FOOD ON OTHER PAX; SMOKED IN SEAT ON TAXI. CAPT FILED A RPT.

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AN INTOXICATED PAX LIT A CIGARETTE WHILE WE WERE TAXIING TO THE GATE. FLT ATTENDANT #2 GOT OUT OF HIS JUMP SEAT AND TOLD HIM TO EXTINGUISH THE CIGARETTE. WE COULD SMELL THE SMOKE; AND THAT'S HOW WE KNEW HE WAS SMOKING. THIS PAX WAS ALSO THROWING FOOD AT OTHER PAX DURING THE FLT. TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE; OUR AIRLINE NEEDS TO PROSECUTE PAX FOR FAA-VIOLATING BEHAVIOR; EG; SMOKING ON THE ACFT. OUR AIRLINE DOES NOT CURRENTLY FOLLOW THROUGH WHEN PAX SMOKE ON THE ACFT DURING FLT (INCLUDING TAXI). FLT ATTENDANT #2 AND I (FLT ATTENDANT #4) HAD TO GET OUT OF OUR JUMP SEATS DURING TAXI AND DEMAND THAT THIS PAX EXTINGUISH HIS CIGARETTE. THE CAPT SAID HE'D FILE A RPT; SO FLT ATTENDANT #2 GAVE HIM ALL PERTINENT INFO. I DON'T BELIEVE OUR AIRLINE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THEIR END AND HAD THIS PAX FEDERALLY PROSECUTED/FINED. I BELIEVE THIS PAX'S INTOXICATION CAUSED HIS BEHAVIOR. OUR AIRLINE NEEDS TO BACK UP THEIR FLT ATTENDANTS WHEN PAX ARE INTOXICATED AND VIOLATE THE FAA REGS; SUCH AS INTIMIDATING/THREATENING CREW MEMBERS; SMOKING IN FLT; DISTURBING OTHER PAX AND PUTTING THEIR SAFETY AT RISK/INTIMIDATING THEM. BEFORE AN INTOXICATED PAX DEFECATES ON ONE OF OUR AIRLINE'S CARTS (AS IN ANOTHER AIRLINE'S INCIDENT); WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND CRACK DOWN ON THESE FAR-VIOLATING PAX. ALSO; 4-5 NON REVENUE EMPLOYEES (MECHS; PLTS; FLT ATTENDANTS) APCHED US AS WE WERE DEPLANING; GAVE FLT ATTENDANT #2 THEIR NAMES; AND SAID THEY'D BACK OUR CREW IN PROSECUTING THIS PAX.