Vitale said he favors a vote on the bill as originally written, which would ban smoking in the casinos, which is currently allowed on 25% of the casino floor.īut others, including Sen. He apologized to workers who made the 180-mile (290-kilometer) round trip from Atlantic City, promising a vote on the bill “sooner rather than later.”
Joseph Vitale, chairman of the Senate health committee, said the measure was one vote short of the number required to move it forward Thursday.