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Proposed Smokig Ban in Atlantic City

#1

In a message dated 5/7/2005 12:36:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
whitejeeps@yahoo.com writes:

What happens
if Pennsylvania get's smoking casinos and Jersey goes non smoking.
Hey, all smokers will head to Pa. (Maybe?)

Well it happened in tournament bridge (and I was an anti-smoking activist in
that battle). The folks who said they'd quit if they couldn't smoke did not
quit and many who had been chased away by the smoke came back. Just my
experience in a different venue but I think there's a lot of truth to it.

Karen

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#2

I agree with Karen on this point. I believe that no

matter how adament the smokers are about deserting the N/S casinos,
that they will NOT desert their favorite casinos in droves.

Just as smoking sports fans, have been forced to forego puffing in
Sports Arenas, with NO perceivable impact on attendance, I think the
same concept will prove true in casinos.

I also think that many allergic people, or those with heart or lung
ailments, who will begin to patronize the casinos, will more than
compensate for those customers that are lost.

In a different vein, if you were to ask me if I would desert LV for
AC, if AC was N/S and LV permitted smoking, my answer would be a
resounding NO! But the reason is purely due to the inferior VP
inventory (at least at the .25 level) in AC.

If I was comparing 2 casinos with equally good vp, I would always
choose the one which offered a N/S property.

Babe

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In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, krallison416@a... wrote:

Well it happened in tournament bridge (and I was an anti-smoking
activist in that battle). The folks who said they'd quit if they
couldn't smoke did not quit and many who had been chased away by
the smoke came back. Just my experience in a different venue but
I think there's a lot of truth to it.
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In a message dated 5/7/2005 12:36:07 whitejeeps@y... writes:

What happens if Pennsylvania get's smoking casinos and Jersey
goes non smoking. Hey, all smokers will head to Pa. (Maybe?)

#3

-Hi Karen, I agree somewhat. Perhaps I really meant Instead of (Maybe)a
better fit would be (I doubt it). However, the California bingo info is
pretty much right. The reservations did get a big increase in bingo
when smoking ban hit California. My info comes from those who should
know about the bingo biz. I also hear bars in New York are losing
business because of smoking ban. But who cares? Our opinion means
nothing. These bans are works of those in power and they pass or
inforce bans in order to further their own power. It just so happens
that half of people win by bans and half lose.

Cheers...Jeep
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What happens
if Pennsylvania get's smoking casinos and Jersey goes non smoking.
Hey, all smokers will head to Pa. (Maybe?)

Well it happened in tournament bridge (and I was an anti-smoking

activist in

that battle). The folks who said they'd quit if they couldn't smoke

did not

quit and many who had been chased away by the smoke came back. Just

my

experience in a different venue but I think there's a lot of truth

to it.

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Karen

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