{"id":4795,"date":"2021-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/casino-workers-are-looking-forward-the-smoking-ban-bill\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T00:00:00","slug":"casino-workers-are-looking-forward-the-smoking-ban-bill","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/casino-workers-are-looking-forward-the-smoking-ban-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Casino workers are looking forward the smoking ban bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Casino workers in Atlantic City, New Jersey, have expressed their anger with the New Jersey Legislature after lawmakers implemented tax breaks for casinos rather than move forward on a measure that would permanently prohibit smoking in the casinos. The smoking ban bill has sat with lawmakers in the state for over a year without action.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">A group of workers from the city&rsquo;s nine casinos marched to the state capitol in Trenton to form a protest, calling for approval of a bill that would end the exemption in New Jersey&rsquo;s public health law that prohibits smoking in virtually all indoor places except casinos.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">The state&rsquo;s smoking ban was temporarily expanded to include casinos as part of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020 but was lifted in July of this year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Last month, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network released a poll it commissioned that showed New Jersey residents favored banning smoking in casinos by a margin of greater than 2-to-1.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">In April, Atlantic City casinos voiced opposition to the proposed ban on indoor smoking. The Casino Association of New Jersey, the lobbying group that represents the nine casinos, said: &ldquo;Banning smoking permanently would have long-term financial implications for the industry and the region.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">No Copyright infringement intended. 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