Workers at Atlantic City casinos have taken a new approach in their longstanding battle to ban smoking within the gambling establishments. After years of unsuccessful attempts to persuade lawmakers to implement a smoking ban, employees from several casinos have filed a lawsuit challenging New Jersey's indoor clean air law.
The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court, aims to overturn the exemption that allows smoking in casinos, which is not permitted in most other indoor workplaces in the state. The legal challenge is based on grounds of equal protection under the law.
