The New Jersey Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee is omitting bill A2143 from its agenda for Thursday’s meeting, which would close the smoking loophole inside Atlantic City casinos. Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE) is calling out Committee Chair William Moen for his lack of inaction on the bill.
Moen introduced a bill that would ban smoking back in January 2024, but has not moved it since. CEASE is fed up with the lack of action. Pete Naccarelli, co-founder of CEASE and longtime Atlantic City casino worker, said in a statement emailed to PlayNJ:
“It’s been over a year since A2143 was introduced to the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and Arts Committee, and still, Chair Moen has done nothing to move the process along.”
