In the Atlantic city, smoking ban is all set to be revoked in the land based casinos. An year earlier this ban on smoking in public casinos was lifted because the authorities feared that the ban would make the casinos to incur loss in the recessionary times. But many non-smoking casino players were not convinced by this soft approach of the local body. These people were not ready to compromise with their health. So, many of them stopped going to “brick and mortar casinos” mainly due to health related issues. They were ready to gamble with their money but not health.

Revoking of the smoking ban in Atlantic city casinos has brought smile on the faces of non-smoking gamblers. As the city is coming out of the recession fear, the authorities are also becoming bold in taking steps in accordance with the recommendations of the doctors. Doctors had long warned that smoking is injurious to health for both smokers and non-smokers. Non-smokers are the worst affected in public places where smoking is rampant. Passive smoking is very bad for health. Casinos are among those public places where smoking is a common phenomenon and is thus most injurious to the health of non-smokers. It has been witnessed that such rampant smoking causes many players to avoid land-based casinos. That is why, everyone is upbeat about the fact that smoking is going to be banned in the “brick and mortar casinos” in Atlanta City. Casino experts are also predicting that this ban will bring a lot of people back to the casinos, who generally avoided to play there due to excessive smoking in casinos.

But everyone is not convinced on this theory. Many think that the conclusion of increased business due to smoking ban in casinos is a misled one and is based on simplistic assumptions. Chief Executive Officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts feel that complete ban on smoking will have catastrophic consequences on casino industry.