Legislation to extinguish Atlantic City casino smoking indoors failed to gain adequate support during a state Senate committee hearing.
The Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee couldn’t rally enough votes to forward the bill to the full Senate floor. That’s despite widespread support in each legislative chamber of the New Jersey Legislature for the casino smoking measure.
Atlantic City’s gaming interests say a smoking ban would result in gamblers who smoke patronizing casinos in nearby Philadelphia, where indoor tobacco use remains.
The Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee couldn’t rally enough votes to forward the bill to the full Senate floor. That’s despite widespread support in each legislative chamber of the New Jersey Legislature for the casino smoking measure.
Atlantic City’s gaming interests say a smoking ban would result in gamblers who smoke patronizing casinos in nearby Philadelphia, where indoor tobacco use remains.