Following months of private talks, potential compromise emerges in casino smoking ban debate

Following months of private talks, potential compromise emerges in casino smoking ban debate

A lit cigarette rests in an ashtray by a slot machine at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln in 2023. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)Early 2027 could be when Rhode Island’s two casinos finally go smoke free under a compromise brokered by the Senate’s new majority leader. Senate Majority Leader Frank Ciccone, a Providence Democrat, told Rhode Island Current Thursday that legislation will likely come before the Senate Committee on Labor an…