Jump to full article: phillyBurbs.com, 2008-04-27
Author: Bucks County Courier Times
Intro: Casino workers who were at the meeting -- many wearing T-shirts that said, "Nobody deserves to work in an ashtray"-- enthusiastically applauded the vote.
This brings our focus back to this side of the river to Pennsylvania's bill for an indoor smoking ban, which is currently in a conference committee of the state Senate, with lawmakers on both sides of the issue trying to hammer their differences. . . .
Smokers in New Jersey will still be able to smoke in specified smoking lounges away from the slots and gaming tables. Compare that to Philadelphia Park Casino, which in contrast has one small non-smoking lounge.
It certainly seems that with more non-smokers than smokers in the world, state lawmakers should pass a bill that would serve the interests of the majority and also the greater good.
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