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deskgameDocuments revealed during a lawsuit which states (including New Jersey) filed against the seven major tobacco companies are available online at the University of California, San Francisco. They show a coordinated campaign by Philip Morris and other tobacco interests to deceptively “cultivate” unions and workers to fight their battles for them, specifically -- and successfully - targeting the hotel and restaurant workers union (known as UNITE HERE), which opposes a smoking ban in New Jersey casinos now.
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deskgameI never imagined that nearly two decades later, casino workers and patrons would still be subjected to poisonous secondhand smoke. I know now that the tobacco industry used a calculated mix of fear and misinformation to convince owners, workers, and unions in the hospitality business that a smoking ban would devastate their livelihoods. That lie has cost lives.
