[Steve Newton]

It’s my understanding that the ban on smoking for V.A. employee’s has already taken affect. Or will shortly.

[Drew68]

It’s my understanding that the ban on smoking for V.A. employee’s has already taken affect. Or will shortly.

Nope.

"While veterans, visitors, volunteers, contractors and vendors will be prohibited from smoking on VA grounds, employees will keep their smoking privileges because of a memorandum of understanding between the VA and the American Federation of Government Employees, a federal union that represents VA workers.

The memorandum requires the department to maintain smoking areas for employees"

Department of Veterans Affairs’ new ‘smoke-free’ policy doesn’t apply to employees

If you ask me, it's a kinda childish way to treat veterans by letting employees smoke but not them, forcing vets to grovel and beg employees to sneak them out to the smoking areas against regulations (which you know damn will is exactly what will happen).