Zona de Azar USA – Rhode Island Casinos Ban Smoking at Table Games Following Worker Protests

USA.- May 30, 2022 www.zonadeazar.com  Smoking will no longer be allowed at table games at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln and Tiverton casinos. New rules went into effect on may 27th, spokeswoman Patti Doyle confirmed.

“Customers who wish to smoke must leave the table and use a smoking receptacle on the outer perimeter of the table games area,” she wrote in an email. “We have posted signage and ashtrays have been removed at the tables.”

Workers have been rallying to ban smoking inside the casinos, noting the health hazards associated with secondhand smoke. A bill introduced by Rep. Teresa Tanzi, D-Narragansett, seeks to repeal the state law that allows casinos to be exempt from the ban on smoking in workplaces.

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