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Atlantic City Casino Smoking Favored by Most New Jerseyans – Poll
I can assure you that C.E.A.S.E. is always available and willing to conduct interviews with the media. I will be sure to facilitate an open line of communication from here on out between yourself and the organization. Meanwhile, I’m aware of your ongoing coverage of this debate and I appreciate the exposure you bring to our plight. That said, my issue isn’t with you personally, it is with the relevance of the poll itself. Here is an excerpt of an email that I sent to Dan Cassino, executive director FDU poll: I don’t believe that this should issue should be based on opinion…neither the opinions of the general public nor the lawmakers can change the fact that OSHA has stated the following: “Secondhand smoke puts workers of casinos at risk of lung and heart conditions, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that the air in casinos can contain up to 50 times more cancer-causing particles than the air on rush-hour highways.” Perhaps, if you prefaced the poll with the above information, people may have had a better understanding of what these employees are dealing with and the responses may have been different. This is a matter of health and safety, as well as equal protection of the law, and “lawful” discrimination. The experts have already deemed that exposure to secondhand smoke in any capacity is detrimental to human health, thus, any opinion on the matter is moot. There simply was no point in conducting such a poll. It only serves to undermine an extremely important movement towards justice, and further give the casino association and it’s supporters reason to push back against these employees.
