"Do you think that employers should be required to hire smokers?"
Why not? Smoking is legal. Even if smoker's are forced outside for a 10 minute break in the morning then lunch then a 10 minute break in the afternoon, I would say this is fair.
Private business owner's can hire whomever they like. Smokers or non. That's why they are private businesses.
"Do you think that employers should be required to hire smokers?"
I said that smoking is a legal commodity. If a business cannot provide the normal smoking lounges like in the past, then stepping outside the door to relax for a 10 minute smoking break causes no harm to no one.
But it is up to the business owner to lay down the laws that he desires. But when an employer dictates what an employee does on the employee's off duty hours is way over the top and totally out of line.