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Navajo community's smoking ban has some casinos worried
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Aug 18, 2014
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Navajo community's smoking ban has some casinos worried
This year, dozens of communities on the Navajo Nation passed local clean air resolutions, but there's concern about how these policies could affect tribal businesses like casinos where smoking is legal.
Rob Carr addresses a group of Navajo youths and elders at the Red Rock chapter house about the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke.
Rob Carr addresses a group of Navajo youths and elders at the Red Rock chapter house about the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke.
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This year, dozens of communities on the Navajo Nation passed local clean air resolutions, but there's concern about how these policies could affect tribal businesses like casinos where smoking is legal.

This year, dozens of communities on the Navajo Nation passed local clean air resolutions. They ban tobacco use in both government buildings and work places. 

However, there's concern about how these policies could affect tribal businesses like casinos where smoking is not only legal, but very popular. KJZZ's Carrie Jung bring us more on this.