LINCOLN, R.I. (WPRI) — Twin River Casino employees are asking lawmakers to pass a bill that would prohibit smoking in gaming facilities statewide.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Teresa Tanzi, would remove the exemption for casinos in the state’s law that bans smoking in workplaces.
“Casino workers are Rhode Islanders, parents, caregivers, taxpayers and human beings, and they deserve the same protections as everyone else in our state,” Tanzi said. “It is fundamentally wrong to say that no one should be exposed secondhand smoke in the workplace, but carve out an exception that leaves one group of workers not only unprotected, but in fact, bathed in smoke every day.”
“There’s no excuse for continuing to endanger their health, and we need to pass this bill to let them breathe safely like everyone else,” she continued.
Tanzi’s bill has the support of Laborers International Union of North American Local 271, which represents the vast majority of Rhode Island’s casino employees.
Lynn Dupre, a former Twin River employee, claims she was suffering from the constant exposure to secondhand smoke.
Dupre decided to take a pay cut and endure a longer commute to the Tiverton Casino shortly after it opened in hopes that the facility’s new ventilation system would improve her overall health.
The change did help in the beginning, she said, but it didn’t last long.
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