Atlanta, GA 1/16/2008 3:12:36 AM
News / Business

Pro-Smoking Crusader Hoaxes Hamburg Newspaper

Thomas Joschko interviewed with Stephanie Lamprecht, of Hamburger Morgenpost, stating that he fired three of his non-smoking employees after they asked for a smoke free environment.  In the article that was written, the reason for termination was due to the threat of disruptions the employees made.

The story was printed on Monday and is in no way factual.  Lamprecht was quoted saying, “He said it was a joke and worth the trouble.  He said he’s a chain-smoker himself and said he was tired of smokers being hassled so much.”

Lamprecht claims to have had doubts about the story.  She says she checked some of the facts after he called in about his story, but apparently she didn’t check them enough.