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Rhode Island: AFL-CIO survey finds broad support for smoking ban at casinos

Monday, February 24, 2025 3:41 PM
  • Nancy Lavin, News From The States

Casino workers and progressive lawmakers aren’t the only groups looking to clear the air inside the state’s casinos.

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A majority of Republican and non-union residents also want to ban smoking at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln and Bally’s Tiverton Casino and Hotel, according to a new poll released by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO Monday. The survey, conducted by Fleming and Associates, reflects results of 400 state registered voters interviewed by phone from Feb. 1 to Feb. 4. There is a 4.9% margin of error.

For years, ending the loophole that exempts the state’s two casinos from an indoor smoking ban has been a priority of the 80,000-member union federation, along with public health advocates and progressive lawmakers.

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