Smoke-Free Gaming is an advocacy organization for gaming employees and patrons in support of smoke-free casino environments. We provide outreach and education on the health impacts of secondhand smoke exposure.
As casino patrons and employees, we encourage the implementation of 100% smoke-free laws and/or policies so that everyone can breathe clean, smoke-free air.
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A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease
A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease -
Secondhand smoke raises the stakes in America's casinos
New research from Stanford and Tufts universities shows secondhand smoke is a danger to tens of millions of casino patrons and hundreds of thousands of workers. Threats range from heart attacks to cancer.
news.stanford.edu/news/2011/march/casino-secondhand-smoke-032511.html
FIRST CASINO in Mississippi to go SMOKE FREE!
FIRST CASINO in Mississippi to go SMOKE FREE!
Study ties Nevada's indoor smoking ban to dip in strokes, heart attacks
Study ties Nevada's indoor smoking ban to dip in strokes, heart attacks
By VALERIE MILLER
LAS VEGAS BUSINESS PRESS
Updated: May 19, 2011 | 8:58 a.m.
Could Nevada's ban on indoor smoking be good for the economy and good for your health?
Exposure To Tobacco Smoke Causes Immediate Damage, Says New Surgeon General's Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
News Release
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Thursday, December 9, 2010 |
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$4.5M Settlement in Casino Secondhand Smoke Suit
NJ Secondhand Smoke Suit Settled for 4.5M
Former NJ casino dealer who said secondhand smoke caused cancer settles lawsuit for $4.5M
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. December 3, 2010 (AP)
A former casino employee who said his lung cancer
was caused by 25 years of exposure to secondhand
smoke at work has settled a lawsuit against his ex-
employer for $4.5 million.
In Memory of Cheryl Rose
It is with great sadness to inform you that Cheryl Rose died April 20, 2010 from lung cancer due to years of breathing secondhand smoke at her casino job in Las Vegas.
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