The bill would close a loophole in the state’s 2006 indoor smoking law. Phil Murphy has promised to sign the bill if it passes the Legislature, but thus far, leaders of the Democrat-controlled Assembly and Senate have not committed to allowing the bill to move forward and be voted upon. No vote was taken on the bill, as in an identical hearing on Feb. They were among numerous casino employees who testified Thursday before two state Assembly committees in favor of a bill that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City's nine casinos. But all my oncologists have told me this is a life-and-death choice.”
“I don't even know how long I'm going to live,” she said. Holly Diebler, a craps dealer at Tropicana, is undergoing chemotherapy for throat cancer.
“While I'm not sure we will ever know the exact cause of my illness, I can't help but wonder if it would have happened if the casinos hadn't forced me to work in second-hand smoke,” said Brady, who works at the Borgata casino. Tammy Brady began her career as an Atlantic City casino dealer at the age of 18.
