A pregnant women working for Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City has been denied the accommodation of working in a non-smoking section of the casino. Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE), an organization that is determined to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos, has spoken out against the news.

Nicole Vitola, co-founder of CEASE and a longtime table games dealer, said in a statement emailed to PlayNJ: “Our pregnant colleague’s story of being put in an impossible situation is heartbreaking, but unfortunately not uncommon.”