After more than a decade of failed attempts, momentum appeared to be building over the last two years to finally ban smoking inside one of the very last public places in New Jersey where it’s still legally allowed: Atlantic City casinos.
With a new push from casino workers fearful that second-hand smoke blown in their faces while dealing cards could cost them their lives, more than half of the lawmakers in Trenton co-sponsored the latest proposal to end the 17-year-old exemption. Long-awaited public hearings were held earlier this year. Votes were scheduled for this month.
But now it’s falling apart. Again.