I ka pane ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻāina e hoʻopiʻi nei i ka pāpā ʻana i ka puhi paka i loko o nā casinos ma waena o 14 mau mokuʻāina, kahi i hoʻokau ʻia ai nā mea kūʻai a me nā limahana i ka uahi lua ʻino, ua hoʻomaka ka American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF) a me Trinity Health i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o nā mea kuleana. Ke koi nei kēia mau ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i nā alakaʻi ʻoihana koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Wynn Resorts, Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, a me Penn Entertainment, e loiloi i nā pono waiwai o ka ʻae ʻana i nā kulekele puhi ʻole i kā lākou mau hale. Hoʻomaka ke koho ʻana i kēia mau ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka lā 30 ʻApelila a hiki i Mei a me Iune.
ʻO kēia ka lua o ka makahiki i hōʻike ʻia e kēia mau hui i nā manaʻo i nā alakaʻi alakaʻi casino. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki e hōʻike ana i kahi hoʻoikaika ākea, ma hope o ka aneane 60 miliona mau balota i kākoʻo ʻia i ke noi noiʻi. ʻOiai ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Wynn Resorts, Boyd Gaming, a me Caesars Entertainment e kāpae i ka noi mai kā lākou hālāwai makahiki o nā mea kūʻai aku, e hoʻomau ʻia ke koho balota ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana o ka Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) i kā lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana e kāpae.
"Aia nā pilikia o ka ʻoihana i ka ʻae ʻana i ka puhi paka i loko o nā casinos, me nā uku ʻinikua olakino kiʻekiʻe, nā kumukūʻai mālama kiʻekiʻe a me kahi mea pale nui i nā malihini kipa ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana i ka uahi lua," wahi a Cynthia Hallett, pelekikena a Luna Nui o ka American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF). "Ua hōʻike ʻia ka kūleʻa o ka makahiki i hala aku nei ka makemake nui o nā mea hoʻopukapuka e hoʻomaopopo i nā hopena kālā a me nā ʻoihana o nā kulekele puhi ʻole."
I ka makahiki 2024, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā manaʻo i ka Bally's Corporation, Boyd Gaming, a me Caesars Entertainment ma kahi o 60 miliona mau koho koho koho i ke kākoʻo. ʻO ka mea nui, ua loaʻa i ka manaʻo no Bally's Corporation ka ʻae ʻia mai kahi hui like ʻole o nā mea kuleana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Rhode Island State Treasurer James Diossa, nāna i koho i kāna koho no ka mokuʻāina. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia pae kākoʻo mai nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā no nā noi i ko lākou makahiki hoʻomaka a ua ʻike ʻia e nā luna waiwai ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona koʻikoʻi no kēia mau hui e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia ʻoihana e pili ana i ka puhi ʻana i loko.
ʻO nā Hale Piliwaiwai he ʻoi aku ma mua o nā wahi piliwaiwai; hana lākou ma ke ʻano he hale hoʻokipa e hāʻawi ana i nā koho ʻai, nā hale hālāwai, a me nā pono like ʻole, e ʻoluʻolu i nā malihini e manaʻo nei i nā wahi maʻemaʻe a olakino.
"ʻO kēia mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika kūpono. Ke aʻo nei nā ʻoihana i nā ʻano pilikia o ka hana - ʻaʻole pono e ʻokoʻa ka puhi ʻana i loko, "wahi a Cathy Rowan, Luna Hoʻokele o Socially Responsible Investments ma Trinity Health. "Ma ka loiloi ʻana i ka hopena kālā o nā kulekele smokefree, hiki i nā mea hoʻokele casino ke hana i nā hoʻoholo ʻike e hōʻike ana i ka waiwai o nā mea kuleana lōʻihi.
I nā pule e hiki mai ana, e koho nā mea kuleana i nā manaʻo e koi ana i nā hui e hana a hoʻolaha i kahi hōʻike e loiloi ana i nā kumukūʻai kūpono e pili ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi kulekele puhi ʻole ma ko lākou mau wahi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka puhi paka i nā wahi o waho - he hana maʻamau i nā mokuʻāina he nui - e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka makemake o ka lehulehu, ʻoiai ʻo 88.5% o nā ʻAmelika ʻaʻole puhi. He mea maikaʻi kēia hoʻololi no nā ʻoihana, nā limahana, a me nā malihini, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka hapa nui o nā limahana a me nā poʻe e makemake nei i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka uahi ʻole.
Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona hoʻopukapuka, maopopo ka noi: e hana i kahi loiloi kumukūʻai-pono a kaʻana like i nā hopena. ʻO ka loiloi ʻana i nā hopena kālā o nā kulekele uahi ʻole he ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele hui kuleana.
Ma waho aʻe o ka waiho ʻana i kēia mau manaʻo, ke kamaʻilio ikaika nei ʻo ANRF a me Trinity Health me nā ʻoihana casino kaulana ʻē aʻe, e like me Churchill Downs, MGM Resorts International, a me Bally's Corporation. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia mau kūkākūkā ʻana, ʻo ia ka hoʻohuli ʻana i kēia mau ʻoihana e loiloi i nā pilikia kālā a me nā hana e pili ana i kā lākou mau kulekele ulaula.