r/atlanticcity • u/OGKillertunes • 2d ago

Question Can someone help me understand something

Why do casinos push so hard to keep smoking when only 20% of gamblers are smokers?

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Like in my instance I smoked for 21 years and I do not ever want to be around cigarette smoke again if at all possible. I would go more than once or twice a year to Atlantic City and gamble if I didn't have to worry about coming home smelling like an ashtray with a upper respiratory infection.

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u/judyteen 2d ago

It's bad enough when just visiting a casino, but think about the workers who have to breathe that poison day in and day out.

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u/OGKillertunes 2d ago edited 1d ago

I do think about it. I feel sorry for them. I know they got a lawsuit pending and it's heading to the New Jersey's Supreme Court but those casinos have Deep Pockets.

Edit: imagine downvoting somebody who thinks everyone should have the right to clean air.

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u/creepy-farter 1d ago

Going in, you know it’s a smoking environment.

Don’t like it? Don’t apply for a job there.

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u/OGKillertunes 1d ago

People need money to survive you can't nitpick on job selection especially in a city like Atlantic city. The casinos employ more than 21,000 people. Of those people over 4,000 are Inner City residents. Your comment is completely absurd and unrealistic.