Atlantic City casino workers are furious that the New Jersey Legislature is moving quickly to pass a bill giving tax breaks to the gambling halls, but not acting on a measure that would permanently ban smoking in the casinos.
"Allowing smoking in casinos is letting this small minority impose their stinky and dangerous habit on the overwhelming majority, and it's time to stop it," an Atlantic County resident says.
Two legislators from each house, the assembly and senate, are proposing bills to ban smoking on New Jersey boardwalks. Even though boardwalks are outside.
The latest proposed ban is banning smoking on Jersey shore boardwalks, but why is the NJ Legislature tolerating the carcinogen in Atlantic City casinos?
Essex County is the latest county to ban smoking in their parks, joining Burlington, Camden, Hudson, Passaic, Somerset, and Union Counties, who already ban smoking in their parks.
Deminski and Doyle would like to know where else you would like to see smoking banned...
In a state where tobacco interests once had a firm grip on the levers of politics, the Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday passed a ban on smoking in public places.