some employee groups<\/a> are pressuring operators to implement similar bans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says smokers are at increased risk of severe coronavirus-related illness. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) notes that there are no peer-reviewed studies directly linking smoking and increased vulnerabilities to COVID-19. But there are observational examinations confirming \u201ca non-significant relationship between smoking and severity of COVID-19. However, the same authors found a statistically significant association between smoking status and primary endpoints of admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), ventilator use, or death.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nCalifornia was one of the first states to ban smoking in indoor workplaces, including restaurants, doing so in 1995. But tribal casinos aren’t beholden to that law because the venues sit on sovereign land and are federally regulated.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBar Ban Makes Sense<\/span><\/h2>\nSouthern California is experiencing a significant spike in new COVID-19 cases. An analysis published by the <\/span>Los Angeles Times <\/i><\/span>on Monday indicates 5.9 percent of coronavirus tests for the prior week came back positive, up from 4.9 percent the week before.<\/span><\/p>\nSan Manuel’s move to confine drinking to gaming areas could prove sensible, because Golden State health officials say bars can be breeding grounds for the virus, as patrons remove masks more frequently to drink more and talk, potentially putting infectious saliva into the surrounding air<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\nOn Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ordered bars in Los Angeles, Fresno, Kern, San Joaquin, Tulare, Kings, and Imperial counties shuttered. Watering holes in Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sacramento, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Stanislaus counties are also being asked by state health officials to temporarily close their doors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid a second wave of coronavirus cases in Southern California, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is unveiling new alcohol consumption and smoking guidelines for visitors to its namesake tribal gaming property in San Bernardino County. San Manuel \u2014 one of the largest tribal casinos in Southern California \u2014 was one of the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":140273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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