Atlantic City delays vote on Casino Smoking Ban
Filed in archive Casinos by John Hartness on January 06, 2007

According to 1010WINS.com, the president of a casino industry group last month told the city council that 20 percent of the city's revenue would disappear if the casino smoking ban became law because die-hard smokers would go elsewhere to gamble. Anti-smoking activists disagree, and cite the possible ban as the possible beginning of a nationwide movement to curb smoking in casinos.
New Jersey adopted a state law in 2006 banning smoking in most indoor public places, but exempted casinos from the regulation. Municipalities are free to enact stricter casino smoking laws on their own, which is what is being considered in Atlantic City. If the ban passes, AC would become the largest gambling center in the US that does not allow smoking in casinos. Las Vegas exempted casinos from its smoking ban which went into effect this January, and Biloxi
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