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Nov 17, 2008 6:02 am US/Eastern

Casino Smoking Ban Comes To An End

Reporting
Robin Rieger
ATLANTIC CITY (AP) ― After a month of fresh air inside Atlantic City's 11 casinos, the smoke is back.

A temporary smoking ban was officially lifted at 12:01 Monday morning, and gamblers will be permitted to light up for at least the next year.

Earlier this year, the City Council enacted a total smoking ban for all 11 casinos. It was cheered by many casino workers worried about their health, as well as by anti-smoking groups.

But casino operators and many gamblers decried the ban, saying it would drive customers away in droves.

The ban went into effect on Oct. 15. But as the financial meltdown led to even steeper declines at the casinos and forced layoffs, the council changed its mind and agreed to repeal the smoking ban for at least a year.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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