[raybbr]

Oh, man. This thread is funny. All these conservatives who advocate the right of businesses to serve who they want, say to hell with affirmative action and cheer when people are allowed to choose who they wish to associate with without reprisal are now turning the table around because a company wants to hire people who don't smoke.

Hypocrites!

[surroundedbyblue]

Don’t call me a hypocrite.

I do support businesses’ rights to choose who they serve. The point here though is that one group is being singled out while others (who are actually more high risk) are not all in the name of political correctness.

I learned in grad school from a nursing professor that only 15% of smokers will actually develop cancer. Where he got that stat & if it’s true I don’t know but it’s interesting.

By the way, radon gas causes more lung cancer than smokies (think Dana Reeve). So if Geisinger wants to be consistent, then they should only hire non-smokers who have a radon reduction system in their house.

[Just another Joe]

ray, you and I don't agree on much, but this is one thing we do agree on.

Freedom means just that.
Only one thing - If a company can base hiring decisions on smoking, can a company hire ONLY smokers and not hire nonsmokers ONLY because they don't smoke?