Boyd Gaming shareholders resoundingly rejected a proposal to study the economic effects of smoke-free casinos in the first of three similar efforts across the gaming industry.
Clean-air and public health advocates suggested the Las Vegas-based gaming company commission and disclose a report on potential cost savings from implementing a smoke-free policy at its 28 U.S. properties. The Americans Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation and health care provider Trinity Health put forward the proposal during the company’s annual shareholders meeting Thursday.
Seventy-six percent of shareholders rejected the proposal, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday.
