{"id":39224,"date":"2016-09-06T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=39224"},"modified":"2016-09-06T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T02:54:09","slug":"mesquite-voters-want-smoke-free-casinos-can-gaming-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mesquite-voters-want-smoke-free-casinos-can-gaming-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesquite, Nevada Voters Want Smoke-Free Casinos, But Can Gaming Business Survive?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Mesquite, Nevada, voters are ready to ban indoor smoking at all places of business. At least, that’s what one new city poll indicates in the small town of fewer than 18,000 residents that sits about 80 miles outside of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
According to a poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, a Virginia-based research firm, 62 percent of Mesquite residents support a local ordinance to\u00a0completely ban smoking indoors. That would change the current law that continues to permit smoking at casinos, nightclubs, and some bars.<\/p>\n