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Nevada casino bans smoking
The Associated Press
RENO, Nev. — A resort owned by Harrah’s Entertainment has become the first casino to go smokeless at Lake Tahoe and is one of the nation's first casinos to voluntarily impose such a ban.
Bill’s Lake Tahoe Casino in Stateline, Nev., banned smoking in December, the same month a voter-approved anti-smoking initiative took effect in Nevada. The resort has advertised the distinction on its marquee: “Tahoe’s Only Non-Smoking Casino.”
Bill’s is dwarfed by its larger sister resorts on Lake Tahoe’s south shore: Harrah’s and Harveys. All three are owned by Harrah’s Entertainment, the largest gambling company in the world.
“Our niche is baby boomers and they’re not smoking as much as their parents,” casino manager Steve Schorr said. “We figure there were a lot of people who would probably have disposable income and give it a shot.”
Calls to Harrah’s Entertainment spokesman Alberto Lopez and Nevada Resort Association president Bill Bible were not immediately returned today.
Meanwhile, anti-smoking advocates in New Jersey are trying for the third time to enact a smoking ban that includes Atlantic City casinos.
A New Jersey Senate health panel on Monday is to consider amending the statewide smoking ban that exempts Atlantic City’s 11 casinos. That ban, which took effect last April, bars cigarette and cigar smoke in bars, restaurants, malls and most other public places. |
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