\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMohegan Smoking Returns<\/b><\/h2>\n
Mohegan Sun Pocono, like all other commercial casinos in Pennsylvania, went smoke-free on state orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) emergency order temporarily prohibiting indoor casino smoking recently expired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAs a result, many casinos, including Mohegan Sun, have reopened their smoking sections. Pennsylvania state law allows commercial casinos to designate up to 50 percent of their gaming floor to smoking.<\/strong><\/p>\nCritics of indoor casino smoking say the designated floor space doesn’t prevent harmful smoke from lingering into supposedly smoke-free areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n“It’s like having a peeing section of a pool — it doesn’t work,” said Cynthia Hallett, president of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights.<\/p>\n
While Mohegan Sun Pocono and several additional Pennsylvania casinos gladly welcomed back indoor smokers, others did not. In the Poconos, Mount Airy Casino Resort, which is about 30 air miles east of Mohegan Sun, has opted to remain smoke-free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in Pennsylvania arrested a 46-year-old New Jersey man on July 3rd around 3 am near the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino. That’s after he allegedly assaulted a man and exposed himself.\u00a0 Henry Ellis, a Camden, NJ, resident, was arrested on seven charges, including felony aggravated assault. Ellis also faces misdemeanors of recklessly endangering another person, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":178840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Pennsylania Police Allege Man Committed Assault at Mohegan Sun Pocono, Then Exposed Himself<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n