Parx chief marketing officer Marc Oppenheimer stated that even though smoking returned to casinos in the state legally in June, the venue decided to avoid allowing smoking inside.
Parx has built a patio near the casino floor outdoors so that players can easily step outside to have a smoke. Extending Smoking Banīoth the Parx Casino and Mount Airy decided to extend their smoking bans that were imposed with the onset of COVID-19. Two casinos in Pennsylvania, Parx and Mount Airy, are proof that a no smoking ban indoors is not an issue when it comes to earnings. Advocates for non-smoking casinos say that the venues can still function and earn revenues, even if smoking is not allowed. Anti-smoking groups have ramped up their efforts to see smoking banned indoors due to the fact that casinos were smoke free for many months due to the threat of COVID-19.
In several regions, like Atlantic City, smoking still takes place indoors. The fight involving smoking in casinos continues across the United States. Parx Casino and Mount Airy see casino revenue increase despite continual indoor smoking ban.
