{"id":221775,"date":"2022-07-18T11:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=221775"},"modified":"2022-07-19T11:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:52:57","slug":"atlantic-city-casino-smoking-opponents-urge-vp-fight-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/atlantic-city-casino-smoking-opponents-urge-vp-fight-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic City Casino Smoking Opponents Urge VP Kamala Harris to Join Smoke-Free Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlantic City casino smoking remains permitted in designated areas at each of the nine resorts. A group trying to eliminate the gaming industry’s clean indoor air loophole wants Vice President Kamala Harris to realize the health dangers workers are subjected to as she arrives in town today.<\/p>\n

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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Atlantic City and is greeted by Mayor Marty Small Sr. Harris will deliver remarks before the NAACP today and then meet with New Jersey lawmakers to discuss reproductive health. An Atlantic City casino group focused on eliminating indoor smoking hopes the vice president expresses her support for smoke-free gaming. (Image: NJ Advance Media<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harris is set to speak this afternoon at the 113th NAACP National Convention at the Atlantic City Convention Center.<\/p>\n

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In order to create a more fair, equal, and just America, we must defend and protect our rights. Tune in as I address the 113th NAACP National Convention. https:\/\/t.co\/2FgIefiTva<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n