Atlantic City casinos cater to a diverse and dynamic cross section of guests, including both smokers and nonsmokers. Banning smoking permanently would have long-term financial implications for the industry and the region,”<\/strong> a CANJ release opined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n“Going completely nonsmoking would place Atlantic City casinos at a competitive disadvantage with other nearby casinos that allow smoking. A smoking ban would have a significant adverse effect on Atlantic City, resulting in a decline in customers which would cause job loss, and ultimately a decline in tax revenue,” the association continued.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania allows its commercial casinos to designate up to 50 percent of its gaming space to smoking. However, smoking inside casinos in both Maryland and Delaware is prohibited.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSmoking inside Atlantic City<\/a> casinos could return as early as this month. Murphy’s public health emergency is set to expire on June 15. Unless the governor extends it for another 30 days, smoking will be welcomed back on that date.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlantic City casinos are opposing efforts by state lawmakers in Trenton to end their exclusion from the New Jersey 2007 Smoke-Free Air Act. When Atlantic City’s nine casinos were permitted to reopen last July, indoor smoking remained on hold. COVID-19 is a respiratory virus and medical experts said secondhand smoke can spread the coronavirus.\u00a0 But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":175244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Atlantic City Casinos Defend Pro-Smoking Stance, Cite Air Filtration<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n