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StumbleThe Seattle Times features a story today by Sandy Dunham about her experiences as a smoke-sensitive tourist trying to have fun in Las Vegas. Dunham reports on how Nevada's Clean Indoor Air Act passed in 2006, which excluded casinos, is having an impact on also cleaning up the air in the city's gambling halls. She reports that ventillation systems and non-smoking areas are improving the quality of air for both the customers and the employees. And she gave some tips for those, like herself, who are sensitive to smoke: "• Gamble early in the day (but not so early that you're meeting up with the all-night partiers). "• Avoid crowded Sports Book areas and gaming tables. "• Linger near the casino doors and edges. "• Leave! At Paris one sunny afternoon, I found refuge in an outdoor bar (and a gigantic Eiffel Tower of piña colada) while the sturdier gals gambled."
Fear and breathing in Las Vegas
(via Seattle Times) · July 6, 2008 · 9:37 AM
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Sandy needs a reality check. Las Vegas is not Vatican City. Las Vegas is not Disneyland. It seems that Las Vegas is becoming one of the last places that adults can smoke in a public area (casino).
Hey - maybe we should start closing the casinos. Stop smoking, period. People loose too much money gambling - addicts all! This would eliminate the need for all those hotel rooms, convention halls, and all the rest of casino related business. This would reduce air-pollution as people leave to find other employment - perhaps in Seattle. Las Vegas then would revert to it's wonderful, pre-1934, small town nature - smoke free!
Thanks for moving out to the Eiffel Tower Sandy..
More room for me to gamble and smoke..Come on Its Las Vegas..I go to Las Vegas to Gamble Smoke
Have a few drinks..Go to a show..shop..and have
a Great time, in a place were your suppossed to
have a great time at..Vegas needs to be Vegas, leave it alone..Thanks..Good Luck Everybody!!!