Tobacco foes press for action on proposal to curb smoking

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Friday, May 13, 2005 | 9:22 a.m.

TRENTON, N.J. -- Fearing lawmakers may have gotten cold feet, anti-smoking groups rallied outside the Statehouse Thursday, questioning why a proposed ban on indoor smoking that includes Atlantic City's casinos was left off a list of bills the Senate voted on Thursday.

Supporters say the ban is needed to clear the air in restaurants, bars and the gambling halls, sparing workers and nonsmokers from secondhand smoke.

Casino executives fear a smoking ban would drive business away, cutting into revenues and leading to lost jobs in Atlantic City's $4 billion-a-year casino gambling industry.