Sheila wrote on July 27, 2009 05:07 AM: Been in the hospitality industry for 35 years. Get my health check ups yearly. My doctor has NEVER told me to quit my job due to second hand smoke!
The hype that has been created against smokers by the company that SELLS nicotine replacement products is just that, HYPE! A half a billion dollars per year to demonize and ostracize smokers onto their products. Politicians and newspapermen are not cheap, some are cheaper than others! This companys' sales were sixtyfour billion last year. Check Johnson and Johnson AND their philanthropic arm, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Their money funds all the Federal, State and County level pro ban movements. Their money pays for radio and newspaper ads. Their money funds all the studies that amazingly support their agenda to get people on nucotine replacement products.
Surely, even you pro ban people have been curious as to WHY these people are not lobbying to stop the SELLING of nicotine products.
No tobacco selling equals NO nicotine replacement sales!
When a South Dakota Senator proposed a bill to ban the selling of tobacco the pro ban people were the FIRST AND LOUDEST AGAINST it!!!!!! Oh yeah, your NON PROFIT friends at American Cancer and American Lung Association, and the Tobacco Free group. They ALL receive funds from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. NONE of them want tobacco banned!!!!!!
Like some bread with all this baloney????????



What a marketing scheme!

Robert Wood Johnson calls itself a non profit. When actually, ALL nicotine replacement sales benefit them directly. (They hold over thirty million shares of J&J)

All these funds are funneled through other so called non profits.

eric nguyen wrote on July 25, 2009 02:46 AM: Health over greed! finally a class action lawsuit againt those casinos who only think about themselves and not the employees who make the casinos run while being destroyed by secondhand smoke. Atlantic city will follow suit with class action lawsuits, just watch!! ban it 100% now!

old vegas wrote on July 24, 2009 11:00 PM: It looks like the main point here is that casino dealers just want to be treated humanly. If an airline stewardess is subject to second hand smoke or a government worker everyone comes to their rescue. Aren'T dealers people to? What amazes me is that this group of workers seems to really care about the gaming industry and the economy (theirs to) for they aren't asking for an all out smoking ban. Its every Americans right to have a safe working environment and it`s certainly within these dealers rights to ask for an all out ban. Kudos Caesars Dealers classy move! These workers families will never see them on holidays or normal hours, they are subject to verbal abuse and repetitive stress injuries and haven't seen a pay raise in decades. It would seem that workers sacrificing their health would be compensated with great health insurance but dealers are not even given the same health insurance as other workers around them. Dealing is not as lucrative as it once was. These guy`s and girls sacrifice a lot for the city. Our city needs to support them on this one.

lv resident wrote on July 24, 2009 08:07 PM: to Patrick:

you didn't consider all the possible interpretations to the data in LV Sun story.

the lack of statistical difference in study between casino workers in smoking area and casinos workers in non-smoking area could mean that the smoke particulates traveled to all work areas, thus affecting all workers almost equally.

sounds like there's more to study.

pete wrote on July 24, 2009 06:27 PM: I would love to see all businesses become non-smoking.
Why should anybody be subjected to another persons smoking?
Think about how weak minded smokers are - they are all just sad to be smoking. Everyone single one of them wishes they were a non smoker like me.

RonNV wrote on July 24, 2009 05:17 PM: This sounds like a typical Chicago lawyer shakedown. You honestly think that the attorney cares about anything other than collecting a big fee. Get real. His comments are garbage and the case in garbage.

John wrote on July 24, 2009 05:11 PM: There are 80% non-smokers vs 20% smokers. So 75% non-smoking area vs 25% smoking area. Fair for sure.

THE JOKER wrote on July 24, 2009 04:19 PM: THIS IS FUNNY, I WONDER HOW YOUR GOD OBAMA IS DOING ON HIS SMOKING HABIT-OH YA THATS RIGHT HE SAID HE QUIT-YAAAA RIGHT!!! JUMP IN THE PREIS AND GO WEST IDIOTS!

AP wrote on July 24, 2009 03:32 PM: Perez- Right On!

Yolanda- If you did that to me, you would be eating your cigereete or evaluating the effectiveness of pepper spray.

jeanned wrote on July 24, 2009 02:37 PM: In casino's you smoke, drink, gamble..if you don't like it then don't go into a casino. There are casino's that offer non smoking areas..and some casinos that ban it completely..so go there..I don't get why you anti-smoking idiots have to bother others with your never ending crap about smoking. Get a life..and leave others alone..again..if the smoking bothers you then do not go into a casino!! As far as this dealer..20yrs??? LOL..I have worked in many casino's in Vegas.. those dealers loved the money they made..

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