New Jersey And Pennsylvania Casinos Resume Indoor Smoking
One-Year Ban Ended Last Weekend For Casinos In Both States
by Steve Schult
| Published: Jul 13, 2021
Associated Press, the year-long ban on smoking inside Atlantic City casinos expired last weekend, which allowed smokers to resume smoking indoors once again. A nearly identical ban in neighboring Pennsylvania expired as well.
The main difference between the two states is how the casinos have responded to the lifting of the ban. In New Jersey, all nine Atlantic City casinos have resumed smoking inside. Whereas, in Pennsylvania, only three properties resumed indoor smoking.
CBS affiliate, Rivers Casino, Live! Pittsburgh Casino and the Meadows Casino are the only properties to resume smoking and will only allow it to be done in designated smoking areas. New Jersey casinos also implemented designated smoking areas, which will make up about 20% of the gaming floor.