User profile: generalsn

Joined: Oct. 8, 2008

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Posted on: Smoking ban brings tourists back to Vegas

Why don't you support the smoke free casinos in Illinois? They NEED you. The surrounding states are laughing at the politicians in Illinois as gamblers are flooding the casinos in their states.

(Suggest removal) 8/2/09 at 4:29 a.m.

Posted on: Haze hangs over state’s smoking ban

Here in Chicago, many small neighborhood bars ignore the ban. One has been on TV and it increased his business with all the free publicity. He is considered by many patriots as a local hero. Many of the bars are doing it to survive. There's something un-american about just laying down to die without fighting tyranny. The neighbors appreciate the lack of groups of people gathering on their otherwise quiet streets.

(Suggest removal) 4/2/09 at 5:39 a.m.

Posted on: Smoking ban for Atlantic City casinos delayed; Nevada casino goes smoke-free

Stephanie Steinberg, chairwoman of Smoke Free Gaming of Colorado, said that in her state, where casino workers aren't unionized, getting smoking banned required unusual tactics.

She and fellow campaigners played at blackjack tables to strike up conversations with dealers and waitresses about secondhand smoke. Soon, her group had persuaded dozens of employees to show up at off-site locations that stayed open until 4 a.m. so they could be tested for nicotine levels in their urine. Steinberg's group also walked through casinos with personal air-monitoring devices used by asthmatics to measure air quality. They eventually persuaded legislators to extend Colorado's clean-air act, already enforced in restaurants and other public places, to casinos.

But Connecticut casinos and others may soon be facing challenges. Ms. Steinberg is taking her fight from Colorado to Nevada. Other smoking-ban efforts are under way in Iowa and Missouri. Pennsylvania casinos instituted a closely watched partial smoking ban last week. Casinos in these states are expected to
vigorously oppose full smoking bans.

(Suggest removal) 10/8/08 at 7:04 p.m.

Posted on: Smoking ban for Atlantic City casinos delayed; Nevada casino goes smoke-free

At least the Vegas casinos can make their own choice.

(Suggest removal) 10/8/08 at 7:03 p.m.

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