[Just another Joe]

"It's called a smoker's fee,' said Bill Lynes, the county's head of compensation. "It goes into a fund that helps defray the cost of health insurance for the larger group.'

Number 1 - If I'm paying $120 a year I better be in a private club with smoking privileges.
Number 2 - Do you see where that EXTRA money goes? It's not for the extra costs of the SMOKERS' insurance. It goes to EVERYBODIES insurance.
Someone needs to sue.

[SheLion]

I am very suspicious about that money going into some kind of "health fund." What does the BOSS do? Send that money on to the insurance company that insures the employee's?

I am very suspicious of this. And like I said: why do the smokers have to contribute to EVERYONE'S health care? What about the FATTY'S?