Lawmakers offer Jan. 1 compromise date to ban casino smoking

Publication Date: 2007-04-20

• Author:COLLEEN SLEVIN
• Publication:Examiner

State lawmakers are considering banning smoking in casinos starting Jan. 1 - giving casinos six more months to prepare for the change.

Negotiators for the House and Senate agreed Friday on the compromise date to extend the statewide smoking ban to cover casinos. It still must be approved by the full House and Senate.

The House voted earlier to include casinos in the ban starting July 1, but the Senate wanted to delay the start for another year.