Smoking Regulations Cause Uncertainty for Casinos<\/strong><\/h2>\nIf that means customers keep smoking on gaming floors, authorities are certain to take notice. Already, 30 percent of all smoking fines issued in the territory are handed out in casinos, far ahead of the number of infractions in leisure areas or at Macau International Airport. Site inspections of casinos are also up nearly 30 percent this year.<\/p>\n
The Health Bureau has even noted particular sites as locations where an especially high incidence of smoking cases have originated from during October, a list that included the Sands Macao.<\/p>\n
According to government data, two-thirds of all fines have been issued to tourists visiting the city, with over 90 percent of all violators being men. While Macau officials didn\u2019t divulge more specific data, it\u2019s likely that many of these fines have been issued to Chinese tourists: according to the World Health Organization, there are more than 300 million tobacco users in China, while the World Bank estimates that about half of adult males in the country smoke regularly.<\/strong><\/p>\nThat could set up the potential for serious consequences when the enhanced regulations go into effect in January. The Macau government estimates that 70 percent of its visitors come from mainland China<\/a>, while casino executives have already expressed concerns that the trade war between the United States and China could impact gaming revenues for Macau casinos as long as the countries continue to hit each other with tariffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More people are being fined for smoking in unauthorized areas of Macau casinos this year, even as the overall rate of violations throughout the city has declined sharply. According to data released by Macau\u2019s Health Bureau, there were 1,431 smoking fines issued in casinos during the first 10 months of 2018, an increase of nearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":92226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Macau Issuing More Fines for Illegal Smoking at Casinos in 2018<\/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