{"id":15617,"date":"2021-03-09T14:10:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15617"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:16:18","slug":"crown-resorts-to-phase-out-indoor-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-resorts-to-phase-out-indoor-smoking","title":{"rendered":"Crown Resorts to phase out indoor smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All of the operator&#8217;s Australian casino resorts will eliminate indoor smoking by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Crown Resorts intends to<strong> eliminate all indoor smoking<\/strong> at its Australian casino resorts by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measure covers Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth, and<strong> would primarily impact premium gaming areas, which currently permit smoking in certain areas<\/strong> with the use air filtration technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown executive chairman Helen Coonan said: &#8220;We are<strong> committed to responding to community sentiment <\/strong>and expectations regarding smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The health and safety of our employees, guests and the community are our priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the government of <strong>Western Australia <\/strong>announced <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-perth-licence-under-review-by-wa-royal-commission\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a royal commission into Crown Resorts\u2019 suitability<\/strong><\/a><\/em> to hold a gaming licence in Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar decision was taken by<strong> the government of Victoria<\/strong> to decide if Crown Resorts is suitable to keep <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/royal-commission-to-probe-crown-melbourne-suitability\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>its licence for its Melbourne casino.<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of the operator&#8217;s Australian casino resorts will eliminate indoor smoking by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Crown Resorts has announced the elimination of all indoor smoking at its Australian casino resorts, including Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth, by the end of 2022. This operational change, primarily impacting premium gaming areas, is positioned as a response to community sentiment and a commitment to employee and guest health. The decision unfolds amidst ongoing royal commissions in Western Australia and Victoria scrutinizing Crown's suitability to retain its gaming licenses.","focusai_entities":"Crown Resorts, Helen Coonan","focusai_location":"Australia, Melbourne, Perth, Western Australia, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.92), investor_analyst (0.93), gambler_consumer (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Revenue Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact on premium gaming GGR and NGR at Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth following the indoor smoking ban, considering potential shifts in high-roller patronage and competitive dynamics?"},{"label":"Regulatory Suitability Link","query":"To what extent is Crown Resorts' decision to ban indoor smoking a proactive measure to address specific concerns raised by the royal commissions in Victoria and Western Australia regarding its license suitability and corporate governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[14657,23907],"class_list":["post-15617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-crown-resorts","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15617"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15640,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15617\/revisions\/15640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}