She is 4½ months pregnant, and after losing three other pregnancies, this should be a blessed, magical time in her life.
Instead, she is terrified, with good reason: Strangers blow smoke in her face eight hours a day as she deals cards at Bally’s Casino, her employer told her they’d rather have her take an unpaid leave than protect her, and the New Jersey State Legislature is cowered by the power and greed of an industry that doesn’t care about the toxic filth that workers have to inhale each day.
“I believe in personal rights – if you want to smoke outside, fine,” said the woman, a 31-year-old Atlantic County resident.
