AN MD80 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS GRAY SMOKE IN AFT CABIN AND COCKPIT ADVISED OF CONDITION.

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CABIN FILLED UP WITH GRAY SMOKE ON 'CLB.' FLT ATTENDANT #2 IN AFT NOTICED SMOKE FIRST; CALLED COCKPIT TO RPT. CAPT REQUESTED FLT ATTENDANT #1 TO WALK THROUGH CABIN TO IDENT SOURCE. FLT ATTENDANT #1 RPTED 'RUBBER' SMELL COMING THROUGH AIR DUCTS THROUGHOUT ENTIRE CABIN. (PAX WERE PANICKY.) CAPT SAID HE 'SHUT DOWN' EVERYTHING. CALLED FLT ATTENDANTS AND ASKED STATUS. A FEW MINS LATER; FLT ATTENDANT #1 RPTED TOP AIR IN CABIN CLRED; SMOKE SETTLED AT SEAT BACK HEIGHT. CAPT ASKED IF WE SHOULD TURN BACK. FLT ATTENDANT #2 SAID 'NO.' CAPT DID RPT THAT THIS PROB WAS IN LOGBOOK; PRIOR TO FLT ABC. AFTER AIR CLRED COMPLETELY; CAPT DID INFORM PAX 'COMMON PROB ON THIS PARTICULAR ACFT' AND DID PRE-RUN WALK-THROUGH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE SMOKE AND SMELL WAS HVY IN THE AFT CABIN AND THE PAX WERE ANXIOUS AND UPSET. THE RPTR SAID THE FLC AFTER BEING ADVISED OF THE CONDITIONS FINALLY CLRED THE CABIN OF THE SMOKE. THE RPTR STATED THIS WAS THE SECOND LOGBOOK RPT ON THIS AIRPLANE OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN BUT STILL WAS NOT CORRECTED.