PAX CAUGHT SMOKING IN LAVATORY.

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A FEMALE PAX WENT INTO R-HAND AFT LAVATORY; AND A FEW MINS LATER THE SMOKE ALARM STARTED CHIMING. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE LAVATORY AND BANGED ON THE DOOR. SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN AT THE SOUND OF THE CHIME. I ASKED HER 'WHERE IS THE CIGARETTE?' AND SHE SAID 'I PUT IT OUT IN THE ASHTRAY ON THE DOOR.' I VERIFIED IT WAS IN THERE; AND ASKED IF THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE SHE HAD LIT UP; AND SHE SAID YES. I TOLD HER SMOKING WAS FORBIDDEN ON AIRPLANES; AND TOLD HER TO TAKE HER SEAT. I PROCEEDED TO CHK THE LAVATORY FOR SMOLDERING OR ANOTHER CIGARETTE OR MATCH. I FOUND NOTHING. I NOTIFIED THE CAPT AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED -- HE SAID HE WOULD FILE A RPT; AND I SAID I WOULD FILE AN INFLT DISTURBANCE RPT. WHEN I GOT HOME; I FILLED IN THE RPT FOR THE CAPT TO SIGN AND GAVE THE PAX A COPY. SHE GAVE ME ALL THE INFO I NEEDED AS WAS COOPERATIVE. I TOLD HER SHE WAS IN VIOLATION OF A FEDERAL LAW. SHE SAID SHE UNDERSTOOD; AND SAID SHE'D NEVER DO IT AGAIN. SHE POSED NO PROB FOR THE REST OF THE FLT.