Narrative:

At approximately 1;500 feet after takeoff; the flight attendant (flight attendant) called the emergency call button and notified me of a smoky haze in the cabin. I told the flight attendant to expect to land in 5 minutes. I communicated this info with the first officer (first officer) and asked him to tell tower we are returning to the field with smoke in the cabin. I then called for the smoke fire fumes qrc (quick reference checklist). I took the radios and already had the controls. The first officer started on the qrc/QRH (quick reference handbook). On the base turn the flight attendant called and said the smoke had cleared. I then made a brief announcement to the passengers of our intentions to return to ZZZ and what to expect. I then stopped the first officer from running the QRH immediately before pressing the pressurization dump button and redirected his attention on running landing numbers and setting up an approach. We made a 270 degree turn from the base to set up then continued the approach and landing. After landing I called the fas and they said everyone was ok and no indications of smoke. We continued to the gate while crash fire rescue equipment (crash fire rescue) followed us. We deplaned via jet bridge. Crash fire rescue equipment boarded the aircraft to inspect it. They did not find any hazard; although there was a dusty burnt smell.when the flight attendant called back and said the smoke had cleared; I felt the risk of fire had been reduced and taking the extra turn to properly prepare for an approach was safe. After landing; since there was still no smoke; I felt safe continuing to the gate. A more conservative approach would've been to land immediately and have crash fire rescue equipment inspect the aircraft on the ground prior to entering the ramp. I chose not to don the oxygen mask as per our memory item since there was no smoke in the cockpit and the mask can reduce the ability to communicate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-175 Captain reported smoke was reported by flight attendants after takeoff and cleared during return to departure airport.

Narrative: At approximately 1;500 feet after takeoff; the FA (Flight Attendant) called the emergency call button and notified me of a smoky haze in the cabin. I told the FA to expect to land in 5 minutes. I communicated this info with the FO (First Officer) and asked him to tell Tower we are returning to the field with smoke in the cabin. I then called for the smoke fire fumes QRC (Quick Reference Checklist). I took the radios and already had the controls. The FO started on the QRC/QRH (Quick Reference Handbook). On the base turn the FA called and said the smoke had cleared. I then made a brief announcement to the passengers of our intentions to return to ZZZ and what to expect. I then stopped the FO from running the QRH immediately before pressing the pressurization dump button and redirected his attention on running landing numbers and setting up an approach. We made a 270 degree turn from the base to set up then continued the approach and landing. After landing I called the FAs and they said everyone was ok and no indications of smoke. We continued to the gate while CFR (Crash Fire Rescue) followed us. We deplaned via jet bridge. CFR boarded the aircraft to inspect it. They did not find any hazard; although there was a dusty burnt smell.When the FA called back and said the smoke had cleared; I felt the risk of fire had been reduced and taking the extra turn to properly prepare for an approach was safe. After landing; since there was still no smoke; I felt safe continuing to the gate. A more conservative approach would've been to land immediately and have CFR inspect the aircraft on the ground prior to entering the ramp. I chose not to don the oxygen mask as per our memory item since there was no smoke in the cockpit and the mask can reduce the ability to communicate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.