Atlantic City May Delay Casino Smoking Ban
Ban Opposed by Owners, But Supported by Workers Was Approved in April
McDevitt's mother was a smoker and died of cancer. Guillermain, who has worked in the casino industry for 24 years, said she is waiting for a CAT scan of her lungs to determine if nodules detected there might be cancerous.
"I'm one of who-knows-how-many people here who don't know what's cooking inside them," she said.
Joe Corbo, president of the Casino Association of New Jersey, declined comment on possible delay of the ban. Larry Mullin, president of the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, said most — if not all — casinos in the city favor delaying it.
"If the market weren't facing these economic conditions, we wouldn't be asking for this," he said. "But we'd like to delay it for as long as these conditions exist."
Donald Trump was a little more pointed last week during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the second hotel tower at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino resort.
"The smoking ban will take tens of millions of dollars of taxes away, will take tens of millions of dollars of aid away to senior citizens," he said. "It's going to be a disaster."
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