State lawmakers are inching closer to potentially imposing a complete smoking ban in Atlantic City casinos, with an important hearing set this week.
The bill, S264, would no longer allow an exemption for designated casino smoking areas in the “New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act,” a landmark 2006 law that prohibited smoking in almost all indoor public places.
The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday in Trenton on the measure, which has received considerable bipartisan support. The Senate bill has 26 sponsors and the Assembly version has 57.
Supporters say it would protect casino workers from the dangers of secondhand smoke.
