AN MD80 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT A PAX SMOKED IN THE LAVATORY DURING A RELATIVELY SHORT FLT FROM LAX TO DFW.

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AS I DID SAFETY CHKS IN MAIN CABIN; I SMELT CIGARETTE SMOKE 3/4 WAY BACK. I LOOKED UP AND NOTICED A GENTLEMAN COMING OUT OF AFT R SIDE MAIN CABIN LAVATORY. WENT INTO LAVATORY AND SMELLED STRONG CIGARETTE SMOKE. I CALLED CAPT AND DISCUSSED WHAT ACTION I SHOULD TAKE. WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO APCH THE GENTLEMEN I SAW COMING OUT OF THE LAVATORY; BECAUSE HE SMELLED WITH HVY CIGARETTE SMOKE. WHEN I SPOKE TO THIS PERSON ABOUT SMOKING IN THE LAVATORY; HE SAID THAT HE LIT THE CIGARETTE; THEN NOTICED THE 'NO SMOKING' SIGN AND PUT THE CIGARETTE OUT IN THE SINK. HE DID NOT APPEAR TO THINK WHAT HE DID WAS VERY SERIOUS AND THIS CONCERNED ME. SO I WROTE THE INCIDENT UP ON AN ACR PAX RPT. THE RPT ASKS FOR PAX INFO INCLUDING DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER AND WITNESSES. AFTER I EXPLAINED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS INCIDENT TO THE GUILTY PAX; AND INFORMED HIM OF THE RPT I WAS REQUIRED TO FILL OUT; HE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY AND APOLOGIZED. I WAS THE ONE IN THE CREW THAT WANTED TO PURSUE THE RPT BECAUSE I KNEW THIS PAX WOULD DO THIS AGAIN AND USE THE SAME EXCUSE. NEXT TIME IT COULD CAUSE PROBS AND WE MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. I ALSO CHKED THE LAVATORY TRASH TO MAKE SURE HIS CIGARETTE BUTT WAS COMPLETELY OUT AND NOT SMOKING IN THE TRASH CAN