Fort Worth Considers Ban On Hiring Smokers

If a new policy is adopted, smokers in Fort Worth, Texas, may no longer be eligible to work for the city, WFAA is reporting.

In reevaluating its health care strategy, Fort Worth's human resources department is looking at some private business models, including that of Baylor Healthcare System, one of the state's largest employers which stopped hiring smokers as of Jan. 1, according to the Dallas Morning News.

"Certainly we put tax-payer dollars into health care for our employees, and anything that might benefit the health to make our employees more protective and healthy, we're going to take a look at," Betsy Price, the mayor of Fort Worth, told WFAA.         More Read