It's still unclear when the long-stalled proposal will get a vote in the state Legislature.
Hundreds pack a committee room at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton on Monday for a hearing on a bill that would completely ban smoking inside Atlantic City casinos.Beverly Perna-Quinn fought back tears as she spoke to a panel of state lawmakers Monday in Trenton.
A day earlier, she noted, her sister died from lung cancer brought on by smoking cigarettes. But instead of planning the funeral, Perna-Quinn traveled to the New Jersey Statehouse for the
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