No smokers need apply. Who’s next?

A BUSINESSMAN recently declared his hatred of smoking and justified his ‘No smokers need apply’ advertisement for a job in his company by claiming smokers were not intelligent enough to meet his standards.

He was afforded time on national radio to vilify and insult this group of people and encourage other businesses to follow his example by not employing smokers.

Had he singled out some other group for this kind of discrimination and attack, such as gays, lesbians, immigrants, Irish speakers, or left-handed hurlers for that matter, the outcry from politicians, trade unions and media would have been deafening.