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March 10, 2023 Assemblyman Sauickie Announced His Support Mid-Hearing, Earning a Standing Ovation from Audience That was Nearly Unanimously in Favor of the Bill On Thursday, March 9, Atlantic City casino workers and a diverse coalition of supporters of legislation to close the casino smoking loophole testified at a joint-hearing at the State House in […]
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March 10, 2023Contact: press@no-smoke.org Assemblyman Sauickie Announced His Support Mid-Hearing Yesterday, Earning a Standing Ovation from Audience That was Nearly Unanimously in Favor of the Bill Trenton, NJ — Three more New Jersey legislators are co-sponsoring legislation to close the casino smoking loophole, bringing the number of co-sponsors to 84 – that’s 70% of all […]
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March 3, 2023Contact: press@no-smoke.org **MEDIA ADVISORY** THURSDAY: Casino Workers and Advocates to Testify at New Jersey Assembly Hearing On Bill to Close Casino Smoking Loophole Joint Hearing to be Held on March 9 By New Jersey Assembly Health Committee & Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee Casino Workers Will Be Available For Interviews Email […]
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TO: Interested PartiesFROM: Americans for Nonsmokers’ RightsRE: Ahead of Monday’s Casino Smoking Hearing: What You Need to KnowDATE: February 9, 2023 Monday’s first-ever hearing on legislation to close the casino smoking loophole in New Jersey – 17 years in the making – is first and foremost about protecting the health of thousands of New Jersey workers who are […]
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ANR has been advocating for nonsmokers’ rights since 1976. In those four-plus decades, we have helped change the social norm about when and where people can smoke, leading the charge to make offices, restaurants, bars, and airplanes smokefree. As casinos expanded into more states, we recognized that employees in these workplaces also deserved safe, healthy, […]
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Making it count: If not me, then who? If not now, then when? In my nearly 20 years with ANR and ANR Foundation, we have done some exemplary things to save lives. We’re an organization of ordinary people, but we make extraordinary change happen. We’ve been fighting for those most impacted and often unprotected from […]
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February 27, 2023Contact: press@no-smoke.org ANR Applauds March 9th Hearing in Assembly, Where 53 Members Are Co-Sponsoring Bill to End Indoor Smoking at Casinos Casino Workers Have Been Waiting 17 Years for Equal Protection Under State Law Atlantic City, NJ – Cynthia Hallett, president and CEO of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR), released the following statement after […]
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CDC Finds Prohibiting Indoor Smoking in Casinos is the Only Way to Curb Effects of Secondhand Smoke “What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Your Lungs” February 23, 2023Contact: press@no-smoke.org Las Vegas, NV— Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health released a new report on secondhand smoke, which examined air quality in […]
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Casinos MIA & Local 54 Buses Workers from Philly at Senate Hearing February 13, 2023, Trenton, NJ— Atlantic City casino workers and a coalition of public health advocates gathered in Trenton to urge lawmakers to end the outdated practice of indoor smoking in casinos. During a hearing before New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services, and […]
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February 9, 2023Contact: press@no-smoke.org Job Losses from Ending Smoking? AC Casinos Can’t Even Fill Existing Openings Legislators Should Be Skeptical of Casinos’ Claims at Monday’s First-Ever Hearing on Ending Indoor Smoking at AC Casinos Atlantic City, NJ — Cynthia Hallett, president and CEO of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, released the following statement after the Press of […]
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