Smoking Ban and Gambling

While reading the link from Radley's post about smoking ban silliness, I came across this little piece:

The new smoking ban applies to bars that serve food and those that don't have keno licenses. Some bars have applied for keno licenses to keep their smokers happy, and a few decided to give up food instead of smoking.

The state/city is increasing it's customer base, it's not about public health, it's about more establishments getting keno licenses and increasing state/city revenue.

By the way, calling 911 to report a smoker is a dangerous activity that threatens dispatcher's ability to actually, you know, handle more important things, like immediate danger reports.