The measure was slightly amended prior to its passage. The tribe expects to maintain its successful operations despite the smoking ban, while employees have shown support for the newly-passed measure.
“This is huge for us, as leaders in Indian Country.” “I’m so grateful right now,” Lavita Hill, author of the legislation, told Council, according to Cherokee One Feather. The legislation aims at making both patrons and employees at the properties no longer be subject to smoking on a large scale. The rule will limit where people can smoke at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River in Murphy, the two gambling properties the tribe owns in North Carolina. 3 during its regular session, held last Thursday. The Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has passed Ord.
