Letter: Where there’s smoke, there’s a casino

Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006 | 8:10 a.m.

That anyone would take such a position regarding smoking -- such as Patrick Doyle's comments in his Jan. 16 letter that was headlined "Smoke or no smoke, people will come to Vegas" -- speaks volumes about tobacco addiction. These people fail to see the dangers of this vice to themselves and others who, for whatever reason, inhale the lethal smoke. What part of death do these people not understand? The cost of cigarette smoking to all of us goes far beyond the price of a pack of smokes.

I went to the opening night of the South Coast Casino and was shocked that this new establishment, just within hours of opening the doors to the public, already smelled like the bottom of an old ash tray. This vice is almost as fatal as being a pedestrian in Las Vegas.

Rudy Ruiz

Henderson

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