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Letter
# 40
Subj.:
Smoking
Date: 11/07/2000 7:03:50 PM Pacific
Standard Time
From: Standingdead@lvcm.com (Phil
Trenchak) #40-Las Vegas
To: dealers@nfge.com
Smoke
Is Everywhere
I am a
dealer in Las Vegas. I am a non-smoker who is exposed to second
hand smoke on a daily basis. Smoke is everywhere in a casino and
it seems that every customer has the habit. Their is no refuge
from the smoke, even in the back of the house when on break or
while eating in the cafeteria.
Employees walk through the hallway with burning cigarettes
in their mouths right past no smoking signs without a care in the
world. Smokers congregate in front of pay telephones smoking away
in front of no smoking signs. Smokers light up in restrooms in
front of no smoking signs and enter stalls the same way they did
during my high school years.
I am presently about to graduate from UNLV and my future
plans involve removing myself from this unhealthy atmosphere as
soon as possible. Many individuals have accepted dealing as a
career and will spend countless years in this volatile environment
doing irreparable damage to lung tissue while at work. I feel my
asthma is aggravated by the second hand smoke and the lack of
legislation against this form of torture placed upon the
non-smoking innocent employee is criminal.
I will assist you in any way that you request my assistance
in your petition drive. I feel that the government and the casinos
are inviting law suits by turning their backs on the health and
well being of the people who are earning their gambling tax money.
Sincerely,
Phil Trenchak
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