HARTFORD, Conn.(Boston Globe, AP) — Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says in a legal opinion that the state can expand its smoking ban to Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos.

"People that I work with, and myself, have developed respiratory illness. Ive developed asthma since I worked there," said Denise Gladue, a dealer at Foxwoods.

Connecticut's two tribal casinos will be smoke-free, one way or another, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal vowed this morning during a press conference introducing a bill that wants to ban smoking in casino areas where the state's liquor laws apply.