I'm a reformed smoker, and I've evolved from my early no-smoking years, when I was still envious of people enjoying a long drag, to bewilderment now when I see people light up, wondering how they can continue in the face of such overwhelming evidence of the harm they are doing to themselves. I was taken aback a bit to read that one strategy for Connecticut's Indian tribes to compete with the emerging casino industry in Massachusetts - including the spanking new Springfield MGM, which opens later this week - is to emphasize that gamblers can smoke here on tribal gaming floors.
