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_2019-07-08
More than a quarter of all smoking infractions in the first half of the year took place inside casinos, according to data from the Health Bureau, loca

_2019-06-05
More than 26 percent of all smoking infractions so far this year have happened inside of casinos, according to an announcement from the Health Bureau.

_2018-11-15
Macau’s health authorities have so far approved 49 requests for new smoking lounges, but warn that at least half of the 404 applications will not ma

_2018-09-05
A total of 88 smoking lounge applications from 12 casinos have been submitted to the Health Bureau in the first eight months of the year, according to

_2018-09-04
Hundreds of casino workers gathered in a demonstration on Monday, calling for the government to better enforce smoking laws inside gaming venues, Maca

_2018-04-17
A local gaming workers association has submitted a petition for the Macau government to set up a ‘blacklist’ for gamblers who illegally smoke in c

_2018-01-11
A group of gaming workers from Wynn Macau have submitted a petition to the MSAR government complaining of Wynn’s alleged tolerance of clients’ ill

_2017-10-29
A Macau legislator is pushing the government to appoint permanent inspectors in gaming areas to prevent infringements of the smoking law, Macau Busine

_2017-06-06
In the first five months of the year, Macau’s residents and tourists have been hit with more than 3,300 citations for smoking related offences, Maca

_2017-03-05
Around 68.7 percent of respondents to a new survey by the Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association have expressed their desire to work in smoke free

_2017-02-21
A Macau-based gaming workers union has accused the government of bowing to pressure from casino operators by allowing smoking lounges to stay, Macau T

_2017-02-19
The Health Bureau’s Tobacco Control Office is considering new standards for smoking lounges as proposed by the city’s gaming concessionaires, Maca