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Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers
https://apnews.com/article/atlantic-city-casino-smoking-gambling-lawsuit-e3247fba210dae2680fa44729c7e1a4a
By WAYNE PARRY
Updated 4:35 PM CDT, August 30, 2024
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) A judge on Friday allowed smoking to continue in Atlantic Citys casinos, giving some measure of relief to the citys struggling casino industry while rebuffing workers who have long sought to be able to breathe clean air on the casino floor.
The ruling by Superior Court Judge Patrick Bartels represented a major victory for the citys nine casinos, most of which are winning less money from in-person gamblers than they did before the COVID19 pandemic hit.
But it was a big a setback for workers who have been trying for four years to ban smoking in their workplaces, first by trying to get lawmakers to change the law, then by filing a lawsuit. A lawyer for the workers said she will ask the state Supreme Court to consider the case on an expedited basis.
The casinos had warned that thousands of jobs and millions in gambling revenue and taxes could be lost if smoking was banned.
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Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 31
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Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)1. Another judge who works for our corporate overlords.
Not the people.
Let the people die of lung cancer.
As long as the rich get richer.
jimfields33
(18,433 posts)4. They typically separate the smokers to a section.
We cant keep saying to everything.
thucythucy
(8,732 posts)6. Are non-smoking workers able to exempt themselves
from working in those sections?
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)8. Employees still have to work on that section.
Putting them in a health risk environment.
This is not right.
surfered
(2,670 posts)2. Another reason I won't go to a casino
The Blue Flower
(5,624 posts)3. I feel for the workers
The air in those places is unbreathable and can make a person quite sick. OTOH, working there is a choice, right?
jimfields33
(18,433 posts)5. Good tips.
Skittles
(158,153 posts)7. they'd maybe get MORE customers if they banned smoking
ya know?
jimfields33
(18,433 posts)9. It's the opposite actually.