Casino dealers in Atlantic City are opposed to smoking indoors anywhere in the casino...
They even rejected an idea being floated among state legislators to create designated outdoor smoking areas that employees could opt out of staffing.
Pete Naccarelli, a dealer at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and a leader of a group of Atlantic City casino workers pushing for a full indoor smoking ban, said Tuesday the opt-out suggestion is not the solution to protecting workers and customers.“The so-called opt-out idea only forces workers to risk their health for a paycheck,” he said. “It is not a solution at all." Naccarelli is part of C.E.A.S.E. - Casino Employees Against Smoking’s Effects (another lame-ass acronym if ever I've seen one). He says he and his colleagues have spent the past year fighting and working to get smoking on the casino floor banned for good. He says that the bill to do so is now out of committee in the state Senate.
“A casino worker living paycheck to paycheck should not have to risk their health by working in a smoking area just to get by,” he said. “But that’s exactly what would happen, and the most vulnerable workers would suffer most. Legislators should recognize the problematic scenario this would create and reject this half-baked idea.”
Last week dealers said creating true outdoor smoking areas “could be a workable solution as long as no worker is exposed to secondhand smoke.” Evidently, there is not a single dealer in AC who smokes, and if there is, he/she certainly doesn't have a voice in this matter.
Here's an interesting article - from a Connecticut news source - that sorta explains both sides of the issue:
https://connecticut.news12.com/casino-workers-pushing-for-smoking-ban-face-opposition-who-fear-it-will-hurt-business
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