...In response to lobbying from the gaming industry, City Council voted Monday to lift the smoking ban, starting Nov. 16, for at least a year to give the casinos more time to recover from the economic crisis. Casinos had feared a mass exodus of smokers to Pennsylvania, Connecticut and other casino markets that have less stringent smoking restrictions or none at all...
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