Month: May 2022

May 26, 2022Contact: press@no-smoke.org 5 More New Jersey Legislators Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Bill to Close Casino Smoking Loophole Legislation Now Has 33 Co-Sponsors in the Assembly, Including ⅔ of Health Committee Members Atlantic City, NJ — Five more members of the New Jersey General Assembly are co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to eliminate the casino smoking loophole and […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2022 GLENDALE, AZ—Navajo Nation officials were honored on Tuesday at the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Association for the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. The Health Leadership Award was given to Daniel Tso, and Thomas Walker Jr., Council Delegates who serve on the Navajo Nation Council. Tso chairs the Health, […]

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May 25, 2022Contact: press@no-smoke.org NJ Senator Cunningham Becomes 16th Co-Sponsor of Bipartisan Bill to Eliminate Casino Smoking Loophole Nearly Half of All Senators Are Co-Sponsoring This Life-Saving Legislation Trenton, NJ— Bipartisan legislation to protect Atlantic City casino workers continues to gain support as Senator Sandra Cunningham today announced she has co-sponsored S264 to eliminate the […]

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A Smokefree Air Supporter Story Luciana writes to us from Massachusetts: I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2016. After an emotional roller coaster, I thought it was best to leave our single-family home of 12 years and simplify by moving into a condominium community with a lot of amenities. However, it came with one […]

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By Onjewel Smith, ANR Foundation Southern States Consultant May 11, 2022—Under the smokescreen of social justice, Big Tobacco is pimping Black leadership and stoking community tensions to protect its most dangerous flavor—mentholated tobacco products. As the FDA moves closer to setting standards for prohibiting mentholated tobacco products from the marketplace, the tobacco industry is aggressively […]

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ANR Foundation’s Clinton Isham Brings People Together for Worker and Tribal Health ANR Foundation Tribal Relations Consultant, Clinton Isham, discussed smokefree casino initiatives for the second year in a row at the largest gathering of Tribal leaders and gaming executives in the U.S.—the IGA Tradeshow and Convention 2022. A panel titled, “A Tribute to Michael […]

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Some good news: the remedies in the federal racketeering case against U.S. tobacco companies may soon be finalized. The bad news: this is a whopping 16 years after Judge Kessler’s judgment finding that the tobacco companies had violated federal racketeering laws and ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements. The tobacco industry’s years of litigation and […]

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May 2, 2022Contact: press@no-smoke.org UFCW Local 152 Announces Support for Eliminating Casino Smoking Loophole 16,000 Union Members Who Depend on a Strong South Jersey Economy Stand With Casino Workers Fighting to Protect Their Health Atlantic City, NJ – Brian String, president of UFCW Local 152, which represents 16,000 retail, manufacturing and healthcare workers in South […]

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May 2, 2022Contact: press@no-smoke.org Another Philly Casino Voluntarily Gets Rid of Indoor Smoking Rivers Casino Philadelphia is A Main Competitor with AC Casinos Atlantic City, NJ— Rivers Casino Philadelphia, a major competitor to Atlantic City casinos, on Friday made public that it has ended indoor smoking at its property, becoming the second Philadelphia-area casino to […]

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