Atlantic City May Delay Smoking Ban in Casinos For Love of Money

Atlantic City, New Jersey has always catered to their casinos. The casinos were once the key to a large tourism industry in the city, but they have fallen on hard times lately.

The city is no longer the casino gambling capital of the east Coast like it once was. City officials are so intent on getting that title back, that they are now considering selling their souls to make it happen.

Donald Trump has made a big stink about the new smoking laws that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City casinos. When Donald Trump talks in Atlantic City, officials listen.

They are now considering delaying the smoking ban because the casinos would lose business if the law was put in effect. Once again, the rights of smokers are coming before a law that was already approved.

This is pouting on the biggest stage. The casinos know that their business will be fine. Their business will survive a smoking ban just like thousands of other businesses survived new smoking laws in various states around the country.

The problem is that without the casinos, Atlantic City has nothing, and a few unhealthy people having to deal with cigarette smoke is a small price to pay for the city to stay relevant. That is how city officials see things anyway.

"These greedy casino owners sit up in their smoke-free offices, and we're the ones dying for their bonuses. Enough is enough," said Jennifer Guillermain, a Supervisor at Caesar's Atlantic City.

Unfortunately, Guillermain is correct in her thoughts. What is really hurting these casinos in Atlantic City is their time has run its course. This is not the eighties anymore where Atlantic City is the only gambling operation in town.

Other states have expanded their gambling laws, and there is no reason for people to travel to Atlantic City to go to a casino. That is a fact that will exist whether or not the City Council bows to these "greedy casino owners".

October 6, 2008
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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