Much of the US Midwest and East Coast continue to experience an unhealthy haze and orange-colored smog because of widespread wildfires in Canada. Things got so bad in New Jersey that Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Wednesday closed state offices “due to worsening air quality conditions.”
In Atlantic City, casino workers fighting for clean indoor air have linked parallels between the Canadian wildfire smoke — lingering hundreds of miles south in the Garden State — with their tobacco smoke-filled places of employment.
CEASE, Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects, formed in the summer of 2021 when Murphy’s emergency health order stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic expired. The temporary mandate put indoor casino smoking on hold at the nine Atlantic City casinos.
In Atlantic City, casino workers fighting for clean indoor air have linked parallels between the Canadian wildfire smoke — lingering hundreds of miles south in the Garden State — with their tobacco smoke-filled places of employment.
CEASE, Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects, formed in the summer of 2021 when Murphy’s emergency health order stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic expired. The temporary mandate put indoor casino smoking on hold at the nine Atlantic City casinos.
