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Originally Posted by ibelieveinkolb
Harrah's Chester is smoke free inside. Still sucks when sitting next to a smoker, but I can put up with it a lot better than I could if he was chain smoking in my face.
How about if you can't go an hour without a cigarette, you stay out of the casino.
Last time I was at Chester, they had both smoking and non-smoking areas. Has this changed?
Oh, and for those who think PA is the only place in the universe with poker rooms, the great majority of poker rooms in the entire country are non-smoking, and the majority of the casinos allow smoking (still unclear if the one's that are going to open in Ohio will have to abide by the non-smoking State Law).
Notice I said majority in the paragraph above. I realize there is a two table room in lower nowhere close to Timbuktu where the poker room is smoking, and there are casinos (usually due to State Law or City Ordinance) that comply, like every other public place in the jurisdiction, to not allow smoking.
So until you go to a casino that resides in a region where any smoking is completely banned by law, and has not managed to fight for an exemption to the law, expect to find smoking there.
I don't smoke, just telling it like it is. Yes, it would be wonderful if the entire world stopped smoking, and it would be even better if naked women riding unicorns came flying down in the middle of the night and left piles of chocolate candy bars at the foot of my bed, but that ain't happening either.
As far as non-smoking goes, don't expect it to start in Casinos. They will probably be the last bastion of the evil weed consumption. So don't be surprised when you go to a casino and you find a lot of smokers.
Kind of like going to some back alley dive bar, and then complaining in amazement that the place was filled with a bunch of drunk people, most of whom were probably alcoholics. Oh, and these back alley dive bars, populated with drunken alcoholics, usually turn a blind eye towards smoking regulations (notice I said usually. I am sure there are plenty of perfectly sleezy joints that are very strict when it comes to smoking).
So like I said, if I am planning on entering a casino (or a back alley bar) I don't swoon away or fall into convulsions at the hint of tobacco smoke in the air. In fact just the opposite. If I enter a casino and don't see rows of nicotine stained fingers pushing slot machine buttons, I am quite surprised.