Opinion: Should Utah Be Glad it’s a Holdout Against Gambling? You Bet.

“I see many similarities between the gambling industry and big tobacco,” says Mark Gottlieb, executive director of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI). “Cigarettes are sold in packs that fit in our hand easily. … And now, in more than half the states, I think, gamblers can just similarly reach into their pockets for their phones to satisfy their need for action.”