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S.1878 would end the smoking ban exemption for Atlantic City casinos. The current version of the bill was introduced back in February of 2020. But similar attempts have floated the Trenton capital halls for the past several years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Sweeney’s political track record regarding Atlantic City has been one that often aligns with the casino industry. The town’s Casino Association of New Jersey continues to maintain that a full smoking ban would hurt business, and result in reduced jobs and less tax money for Atlantic County and the state.<\/p>\n
Anti-smoking advocates say gaming revenue would not be negatively impacted by a full tobacco ban.<\/p>\n
“We are grateful for the governor’s clear answer that he would sign legislation to close the casino loophole,” said Cynthia Hallett, president and CEO of “Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights.”<\/p>\n
“However, we know that Senate President Sweeney, in particular, stands in the way. The governor must go further and publicly call for Sen. Sweeney \u2026 to send a bill to his desk in the lame duck session.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Atlantic City casinos are being targeted by anti-smoking advocates who believe the time is long overdue to close gaming’s clean indoor air loophole. But word this week from the state’s most powerful legislator suggests that the activists aren’t persuading those in charge. The American Cancer Society held its “Great American Smokeout” yesterday, an annual event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":192574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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