With Phoenix building resorts nearby, Manross said, a smoking ban could damage a cornerstone of Scottsdale tourism.
But just think of the millions of non-smoking tourists who will flock to Scottsdale to vacation in a smoke free zone!
Yea, right.
Yes, right! Lets see: California is "smoke where you can find a place;" Delaware is looking at smoke free casino's, Dover Downs, bars and restaurants; Floridians I hope will vote NO on Amendment 6. Las Vegas, of all places, have the NANNIES as well:
20 September 2002
Forty percent to 50 percent of casino gamblers are smokers, about double the percentage of the U.S. population as a whole, Mehl said. A 1993 gaming-industry study showed that Nevada casinos alone would have lost $1 billion in revenue if casinos were forced to go smoke-free.