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Atlantic City casino workers ask New Jersey Supreme Court to review smoking exemption

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Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects and the United Auto Workers asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to review the state’s casino smoking exemption. Their petition challenges whether the exemption is consistent with workers’ constitutional rights; the case has returned to Superior Court, where an evidentiary hearing is scheduled for July.

The petition challenges the smoking rules affecting workers at New Jersey’s nine casinos.

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New Jersey appeals court reopens casino smoking exemption challenge

A New Jersey appeals court on 26 January 2026 sent a challenge to the state’s casino smoking exemption back to a lower court, according to the report. The panel said the earlier hearing did not properly examine evidence and directed the trial court to reconsider the casino workers’ equal-protection claims. It did not rule on whether the state constitution guarantees a right to safety.

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