Dealers with cancer beg for Atlantic City casino smoking ban
Several Atlantic City casino dealers with cancer, and others who fear they may develop it, are asking New Jersey lawmakers to ban smoking in the state's casinos
By WAYNE PARRY
Published - Mar 09, 2023, 03:01 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 22, 2023, 05:07 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Tammy Brady began her career as an Atlantic City casino dealer at the age of 18. Now 55, she has stage 2 breast cancer.
“While I'm not sure we will ever know the exact cause of my illness, I can't help but wonder if it would have happened if the casinos hadn't forced me to work in second-hand smoke,” said Brady, who works at the Borgata casino.
Holly Diebler, a craps dealer at Tropicana, is undergoing chemotherapy for throat cancer.
“I don't even know how long I'm going to live,” she said. “I love my job; I don't want to leave it. But all my oncologists have told me this is a life-and-death choice.”
