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Lockjaw, your post is just a little silly, I noticed quite a few of your examples are smokers who wised up and quite, like Ronald Reagan. But yes you are correct, if they are active smokers I will not hire them. The partnership is mine and my fellow partners to manage and set policy as we please. Do you have a problem with that concept? If we miss an "Albert Einstein" here or there then it will be our loss not yours. Is that ok with you? So far we have been very successful, you seem to miss the concept that in a tight knot group everyone must be a "good fit". With 15 healthy. physically active nonsmokers a smoker just does not fit in. Likewise if the opposite were true and we had 15 smokers, it is likely the nonsmoker would not fit in as well. Among our 10 partners the policy is supported unanimously, we do not hire smokers. It's our business not yours, it's our right, unless you nico-addicted nazi's would like to take it away. The problem you have is that it is an unwritten policy, tobacco heads never know why they never get the 2nd interview. Smoke all you want and enjoy your tobacco abbreviated life as you please, but you will not smoke inside of my business, my automobile nor inside my home around my children. We like the clean smell and we cherish our God given health.

"Likewise if the opposite were true and we had 15 smokers, it is likely the nonsmoker would not fit in as well. Among our 10 partners the policy is supported unanimously..."

15 employees and 10 "partners". Must be a hugh and series company! Sounds like the price of the product to their customer is inflated and someone needs to do some negotiation. A $70K admin is indicative of a cost structure that drives uncompetitive pricing of products.

I have absolutely no problem with how you run your company. I do have a problem with folks like you who refuse to hire smokers, if you back all-inclusive smoking bans to deny other business owners the right on how to run their companies. If you can refuse to hire smokers, then there is no reason why a bar owner can refuse to hire non-smokers.

Also, insurance companies drive costs. They typically add premiums to smokers policies. If smokers are willing to pay that premium, then there is no reason for you to discriminate against smokers in government jobs.