Secondhand smoke and smoking restrictions in casinos: a review of the evidence

State and Local Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws for Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars — United States, 2015

“…¶ Those exemptions Exposure to secondhand smoke is not limited to privatesector worksites, restaurants, and bars. For example, casino workers are heavily exposed to secondhand smoke at work (5). Casinos are also not categorized as a private workplace in smoke-free tracking systems because they are sometimes excluded from laws and tracked as their own category (similar to restaurants and bars).…”

“…Casinos are also not categorized as a private workplace in smoke-free tracking systems because they are sometimes excluded from laws and tracked as their own category (similar to restaurants and bars). In casinos where smoking is permitted, studies have consistently found substantial levels of secondhand smoke including in designated no-smoking areas of such casinos (5). CDC conducted a health hazard evaluation in three Las Vegas, Nevada, casinos, found nicotine and chemicals from secondhand smoke in the air, and determined that carcinogens from secondhand smoke were absorbed into workers' bodies (6,7).…”

Do Smoking Bans Always Hurt the Gaming Industry? Differentiated Impacts on the Market Value of Casino Firms in Macao

“…Conflicting results have been found in existing studies on the economic impacts of smoking bans and the estimated impacts of smoking bans are often affected by other confounding economic factors (Babb et al, 2014). In the US, there was an intense debate about the economic impacts of the smoking ban in New Jersey in November 2002 (Mandel et al, 2005;Pakko, 2008;Pakko, 2006;Thalheimer and Ali, 2008).…”

“…However, lobbying by the gaming industry often poses a severe hindrance to smoking bans as these may lead to losses in casino revenue (Babb et al, 2014;Chan et al, 2012). Although considerable research has been devoted to the economic impacts of smoking bans in the hospitality industry, few of these studies have been done with casinos specifically due to a limited number of cases to study.…”

“…Although considerable research has been devoted to the economic impacts of smoking bans in the hospitality industry, few of these studies have been done with casinos specifically due to a limited number of cases to study. Existing studies about the smoking bans in the casinos are of cases from the USA and Australia and have found mixed results (Babb et al, 2014). Additionally, little has been done to analyze potential factors that lead to the differential impacts on casinos with varied characteristics (Hirschberg and Lye, 2010).…”