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Industry
January 10, 2024
New Jersey Lawmakers Reintroduce Casino Smoking Ban
The battle over smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos continues as workers renew their efforts to secure a smoke-free workplace for themselves. For reference, New Jersey’s Smoke-Free Air Act exempts casinos from the indoor smoking ban, instead allowing them to dedicate up to a quarter of their gaming space as an indoor smoking area. While the […]
Industry
December 15, 2023
CAESE Continues Its Fight against Smoking in NJ’s Casinos, Plans PAC Formation
The war over the future of smoking at New Jersey’s casinos continues as proponents of a smoking ban announce plans for the formation of a new political action committee. The initiative is led by Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE), a group of Atlantic City casino employees that is determined to end indoor smoking in […]
Industry
November 27, 2023
Efforts against Smoking in Atlantic City’s Casinos Continue
For nearly two decades, casinos in Atlantic City have been exempt from the statewide ban that prohibits smoking within public areas across New Jersey. The exemption in the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act enabled casino operators to allow indoor smoking for up to 25% of their gaming floors. During the pandemic, Atlantic City’s casinos banned […]
Casino
November 15, 2023
Pennsylvanian House Health Committee to Vote on Smoking Ban
Pennsylvania’s House Health Committee is set to vote on a measure that would ban smoking at the state’s 17 casinos. Under House Bill 1657, known as the Protecting Workers from Secondhand Smoke Act, all kinds of smoking, including electronic cigarettes, would be banned from casinos, bars and private clubs in Pennsylvania. The bill seeks to […]
Casino
November 6, 2023
The Venetian and Palazzo Implement Changes to Smoking Rules
Smoking in casinos across the United States has been a controversial topic for decades. On one side, non-smokers’ rights associations have long supported a smoking ban that would protect the health of non-smokers along with non-smoking employees of different casinos. On the other hand, casinos have long feared a smoking ban might result in a […]
Industry
October 25, 2023
Support Swells for New Jersey Casino Smoking Ban
The Garden State’s lawmakers should soon revisit long-pending casino smoking legislation. Assembly Bill 2151 and Senate Bill 264 aim to make Atlantic City casinos entirely smoke-free, eliminating the existing provision that allows up to 25% of the floor space for indoor tobacco use. This move would align New Jersey with the ongoing US trend to […]
Industry
October 20, 2023
New Jersey Lawmakers to Discuss Casino Smoking Ban After the Elections
The future of smoking at Atlantic City’s nine casinos remains uncertain as lawmakers continue to seek a way to patch the indoor smoking loophole. For as many as 17 years, this exemption in the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, supported by the Democrats, has permitted AC’s casino properties to allow smoking in up to 25% […]
Casino
October 18, 2023
California: Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs Resumes Smoking
Amid the pandemic, indoor smoking was prohibited in casinos across the United States. This temporary measure became the new reality for some brick-and-mortar casinos, but others, such as Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs, have resumed smoking, lifting the three-year ban. As announced by the Palm Springs Desert Sun, the casino is only one out of […]
Business
August 11, 2023
New Jersey Anti-Smoking Group Hails Efforts by Connecticut Casinos
A day after Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino confirmed in separate statements and interviews that they had no intention to bring back smoking to their casino floors, the Casino Employees Against Smoking’s Effects (CEASE), issued a separate statement in which they lauded the commitment shown by the two operates. CEASE Hails Another Anti-Smoking Measure […]
Casino
June 6, 2023
Rhode Island Senate President Outrages Casino Anti-Smoking Groups
Now, the comments of Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio have caused another stir in the debate with the man lambasting those who have been calling for restricting smoking on gaming floors. Blasting Casino Workers for Accepting the Jobs in the First Place Ruggerio outright criticized casino workers for demanding a stop to smoking, using […]