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Fairfax can force employees into quit-smoking classes

By Taylor Holland
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Fairfax can force employees into quit-smoking classes

Fairfax County can legally force its employees to enroll in classes that help them stop smoking, the county’s attorney said.

County Attorney David Bobzien offered that finding to the County Board of Supervisors, whose members wanted to know whether they could force county employees to stop smoking or refuse to hire someone who smokes as a way to reduce the county’s soaring health care costs.

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