The NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, has defended the state government's lack of support for a ban on smoking in the high-roller room at Sydney's Star casino to left open the door for a ban in the future for the legislation to ban smoking in outdoor areas such as bus stops and playgrounds passed NSW Parliament last night in O'Farrell government refused to support an amendment to ban smoking at the Star's high-roller room to responding to criticism this morning, Mrs Skinner said smoking bans have been "incremental" in NSW.
They are remember back in the early '90s when we first started introducing these bans with the banning of smoking in public buildings for she told ABC local radio and ban was implemented in NSW it would risk scuttling the casino mogul James Packer's vision for a second casino at Barangaroo on he has said would solely target high rollers on the NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has been vocal in his support for Mr Packer plans on gaining control of the Star's monopoly casino licence.