Smoking breaks during work hours

there is an element of "the less you do, the more you are appreciated".

liaconn said:

A few of those around here as well. Most people just nip out now and then for a quick cigarette and are back at their desk before you've missed them. But there are some who turn every smoking break into a social occasion.

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The critical point here is what is being done about those who are, as you say, turning it into a social occassion. In my place of work these individuals would be quickly identified and pulled up over it. I have no problem with people taking one or two cigarette breaks outside their normal or official breaks, but only if they are being "covered" by somebody in their absence. My company do not permit a loss in effiency due to "cigarette break downtime", and I don't think it should be tolerated anywhere else either.

Maybe every office needs a Terry Tate ?