Casino workers and anti-smoking groups say legislators are rushing through tax breaks for Atlantic City casinos but are dragging their feet on legislation to ban smoking in gaming halls and simulcasting facilities.

They will hold a news conference at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the War Memorial in Trenton to push lawmakers to ban smoking in gaming halls and simulcasting facilities.

Gaming halls are the only workplaces in New Jersey where the state allows indoor smoking, forcing workers to choose between their health and a paycheck, Casino Employees Against Smoking’s (Harmful) Effects and Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights said in a news release.