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A new Fernley casino has opened as what its owners call Nevada's first smoke-free resort from the start.
Fernley Nugget owners say their decision to build the smoke-free property was spurred by comments from non-smoking gamblers at other casinos owned by the same company across northern Nevada.
They say smokers haven't complained much so far, but it remains to be seen how the smoking ban will affect business at the casino located 30 miles east of Reno.
The same company also owns the Fallon Nugget, the Fallon Bonanza Inn, the Silver Springs Nugget, and the Comstock and Cactus Jack's Senator Club in Carson City.
In 2006, Nevada voters approved a ballot measure banning smoking at restaurants, bars that serve food and around slot machines at supermarkets, gas stations and convenience stores. But the ban does not apply to the gambling floors of casinos.
Shortly after voter approval of the measure, Bill's Lake Tahoe Casino in Stateline became the first casino to go totally smokeless at Lake Tahoe and one of the first casinos to voluntarily impose such a ban in the nation.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
