Las Vegas casinos are moving towards a smoke-free future due to investor pressure and changing public views. While most Las Vegas Strip resorts still allow smoking on their gaming floors, more and more people want casino operators to think again.

It didn’t smell as bad as I thought it would. Sort of like going-bad ocean water but without the salt. It doesn’t look as nasty as I thought, either, but it’s important to maintain a sense of professional clinical distance even though I’m seeing and smelling the sewage of half a million people.

A large Las Vegas drug bust only gives a small window into the scope of the massive illegal market across Nevada, according to the UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute.

Would the sting of losing a wallet’s worth of cash burn less or more if you were baked? A recent poll from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s Cannabis Policy Institute asked questions about cannabis and the gaming industry. The institute conducted interviews with 620 adults across the country, not just in Vegas. And people want to see cannabis on casino floors.

It’s been nearly two decades since Nevada legislators banned indoor smoking in public places, but the exceptions they made for businesses like casinos, bars, strip clubs and brothels remain intact. Aside from Park MGM, Strip resorts have kept casino smoking in place since then, but recent shareholder votes suggest public opinion could be trending in favor of eliminating that allowance.

It’s been nearly two decades since Nevada legislators banned indoor smoking in public places, but the exceptions they made for businesses like casinos, bars, strip clubs and brothels remain intact. Aside from Park MGM, Strip resorts have kept casino smoking in place since then, but recent shareholder votes suggest public opinion could be trending in favor of eliminating that allowance.

In its long-term plan, Las Vegas has made a commitment to plant 60,000 trees by 2050, said Marco Velotta, the city’s chief sustainability officer, in a statement. Other initiatives, such as the UNLV Urban Forestry Center, are boosting tree canopy throughout the valley, as well.

More than 1,100 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, and the highly contagious virus has put people at risk while they wait in emergency rooms and doctor’s offices, CNN reports.

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