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LETTER: Nevada should look to Colorado when it comes to casinos and smoking

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Kathy Gordley Bullhead City, Arizona

September 28, 2024 - 9:01 pm

All casinos in Colorado have been “nonsmoking” since Jan. 1, 2008. This is never mentioned in articles discussing changing regulations for Las Vegas casinos.

The Colorado casinos provide outdoor smoking areas year-round, with enclosures and heaters during the cold, snowy winter months. At the time smoking in casinos was banned, I was a smoker. Was it inconvenient to have to leave a machine or table to have a smoke? Definitely. Did it hurt me? Not at all.

I don’t know if the change to nonsmoking hurt the casino revenues at the onset. But I can tell you, it hasn’t hurt the revenue long-term. The casinos and hotels are doing just fine.

Please consider the health of employees and patrons. Doing what is right is not always popular. As the saying goes, “The only person who likes change is a wet baby.”

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Jack Corrick Boulder City

September 4, 2025 - 9:02 pm

I am prompted to ask some questions about the degree of communication between our elected representatives and appointed members of government.

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Thomas J. Grigsby Las Vegas

September 4, 2025 - 9:01 pm

We should realize how ignorant it was to get votes by defunding the police.

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Ronald Sharetts Las Vegas

September 4, 2025 - 9:01 pm

I did not vote for Gov. Lombardo for him to be someone’s press secretary.

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Bill Minarik Las Vegas

September 3, 2025 - 9:01 pm

As usual, your recent editorial (“Fourth Amendment protections on the line case,” Aug. 25) was on the correct side of the facts of this Fourth Amendment case.