Macau ups the ante on smoking lounges

The government of Macau will announce its technical guidelines for the installation of smoking lounges in casinos by June or July at the earliest, according to a Macau Business Daily story quoting Health Bureau Director Lei Chin.

Before the guidelines were launched, Lei said, his bureau was going to discuss the approval criteria with the public works departments and the Fire Services Bureau.

Under the partial smoking ban in casinos, those who have applied for smoking areas—permissible on up to 50 percent of casino floor space—will have to submit a monthly air-quality report to the Health Bureau.