Jump to full article: In Business Las Vegas, 2003-12-19
Author: Michelle Swafford / Staff Writer / December 19 - December 25
Intro: A technical group is proposing rules restricting tobacco smoke that could add burdens to casinos, bars and restaurants where smokers are plentiful.
Casino officials say the rules would not only hurt their industry but also could extinguish smoking indoors entirely.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. wrote the rules, which are often adopted into building codes. . . .
If adopted by local governments, the rules would apply to new construction and remodeling projects. It would be up to local building departments to decide whether existing buildings have to comply.
The new requirements would include adding barriers between smoking and nonsmoking areas, posting signs to warn patrons that tobacco smoke may be present in areas where smoking is allowed and increasing ventilation in nonsmoking areas. The requirements are part of an ASHRAE standard that is under continuous review by a committee. Changes are made as new research and technology become available. . . .
The way the standards are written makes it difficult to create an economical, energy-efficient system in casinos and other places that allow indoor smoking, said Elias Sterling, an air-quality consultant to the American Gaming Association and president of Theodor Sterling Associates Ltd. in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The air inside Bellagio is better than the air outside.
Elias Sterling, an air-quality consultant to the American Gaming Association and president of Theodor Sterling Associates Ltd. Theodor Sterling was the recipient of AirSpace's 2001 "Bedfellows Award." See <a href="http://airspace.bc.ca/pressrel23.html">http://airspace.bc.ca/pressrel23.html</a>
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