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Omaha Steve

(103,184 posts)
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 08:03 PM Aug 31

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 City’s casinos, giving some measure of relief to the city’s 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 city’s 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 OP
Another judge who works for our corporate overlords. Irish_Dem Aug 31 #1
They typically separate the smokers to a section. jimfields33 Aug 31 #4
Are non-smoking workers able to exempt themselves thucythucy Aug 31 #6
Employees still have to work on that section. Irish_Dem Sep 1 #8
Another reason I won't go to a casino surfered Aug 31 #2
I feel for the workers The Blue Flower Aug 31 #3
Good tips. jimfields33 Aug 31 #5
they'd maybe get MORE customers if they banned smoking Skittles Aug 31 #7
It's the opposite actually. jimfields33 Sep 1 #9

Irish_Dem

(55,825 posts)
1. Another judge who works for our corporate overlords.
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 08:07 PM
Aug 31

Not the people.

Let the people die of lung cancer.
As long as the rich get richer.

Irish_Dem

(55,825 posts)
8. Employees still have to work on that section.
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 05:12 AM
Sep 1

Putting them in a health risk environment.
This is not right.

The Blue Flower

(5,624 posts)
3. I feel for the workers
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 08:19 PM
Aug 31

The air in those places is unbreathable and can make a person quite sick. OTOH, working there is a choice, right?

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