Monday, October 5, 2020 CALIFORNIA Los Angeles County cardrooms reopen in tents this week. Mask policies are in effect and at least The Commerce has a smokefree policy — View article — View policy at The Commerce Pasadena issues licenses two marijuana retailers — View article COLORADO Littleton voters to decide whether the city’s three medical marijuana retailers can sell to those under 21 — View article INDIANA Caesars Southern Indiana to lay off between 150-200 employees. It was noted that in July, there were over 300 employee and other signatures urging the casino to go smokefree and to put the health of workers and patrons first — View article KENTUCKY More on Maysville candidates’ views on smokefree air ordinance proposal — View article MARYLAND Bethesda World Harvest International Church launches a tobacco-free ad campaign addressing communities of color — View article MISSISSIPPI This LTE from a casino patron took umbrage that he was “cited” for not raising his mask immediately after taking a drink while smokers around him leisurely left their masks off for extended periods of time, exposing him and casino workers to secondhand smoke and possible COVID — View article NEVADA Review of Circus Circus from a longtime industry columnist charges the #1 reason the casino is the worst on the Las Vegas Strip is the ever-present secondhand smoke — View article Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy survey indicates that 60 percent of Washoe County residents want a law making all casinos in Washoe County smokefree— View article Letter from cancer survivor, health advocate, and son of a casino worker celebrating Park MGM’s smokefree reopening — View article NEW JERSEY Conflict, including a lawsuit, surrounding Hoboken marijuana retailer applicants — View article NEW MEXICO Santa Ana Star Casino in Bernalillo and operated by the Pueblo of Santa Ana reopens with a clean indoor air policy — View article NEW YORK Buffalo church and six businesses adopt smokefree air policies to foster health among communities of color — View article #1 — View article #2 Suffolk County bill would raise the legal smoking age from 21 to 25 — View article PENNSYLVANIA Carlisle Borough Council seeks to draft a marijuana decriminalization measure as a social justice action — View article TEXAS More positive reviews of smokefree Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino’s reopening, with at least one patron singling out the casino’s smokefree policy — View article CASINOS Los Angeles County cardrooms reopen in tents this week. Mask policies are in effect and at least The Commerce has a smokefree policy — View article — View policy at The Commerce Review of Circus Circus from a longtime industry columnist charges the #1 reason the casino is the worst on the Las Vegas Strip is the ever-present secondhand smoke — View article Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy survey indicates that 60 percent of Washoe County, NV, residents want a law making all casinos in Washoe County smokefree— View article Letter from cancer survivor, health advocate, and son of a casino worker celebrates Park MGM’s smokefree reopening in Las Vegas — View article Santa Ana Star Casino in Bernalillo, NM, and operated by the Pueblo of Santa Ana reopens with a clean indoor air policy — View article More positive reviews of smokefree Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino’s reopening in Eagle Pass, TX, with at least one patron singling out the casino’s smokefree policy — View article This LTE from a Mississippi casino patron took umbrage that he was “cited” for not raising his mask immediately after taking a drink while smokers around him leisurely left their masks off for extended periods of time, exposing him and casino workers to secondhand smoke and possible COVID — View article Caesars Southern Indiana to lay off between 150-200 employees. It was noted that in July, there were over 300 employee and other signatures urging the casino to go smokefree and to put the health of workers and patrons first — View article SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS Santa Ana Star Casino in Bernalillo, NM, and operated by the Pueblo of Santa Ana reopens with a clean indoor air policy — View article More positive reviews of smokefree Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino’s reopening in Eagle Pass, TX, with at least one patron singling out the [Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas’] smokefree policy — View article OTHER NEWS Convenience store industry’s list of ordinances and bills it is keeping an eye on — View article ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES Parents less aware when their children vape than when they smoke — View article Altria’s foray into vaporized marijuana — View article MARIJUANA Altria’s foray into vaporized marijuana — View article | 
