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Yeah guys I am concerned about this as well. I am very used to smoking a lot at work, probably going out every 1.5 hours or so. It hinestly helps me get more done, but will I be seen as lazy taking that many breaks?

How many smoke breaks are acceptable in a day?

 
ChemEtoVCYeah guys I am concerned about this as well. I am very used to smoking a lot at work, probably going out every 1.5 hours or so. It hinestly helps me get more done, but will I be seen as lazy taking that many breaks?

How many smoke breaks are acceptable in a day?

Over the summer, the analysts/associates at my bank that smoked would go downstairs 1-2 times a day (not counting lunch) when there were senior bankers around (9AM - 7PM). Depending on how busy they were, they might not go at all.

The only people that were going down to smoke every hour or two were the secretaries and receptionists.

 

one tactic could be to become "smoking buddies" with someone more senior, even if hes not your direct superior, when he invites you to join him for a smoking break, doesn't make you look like you "choose" to be lazy. haha

I believe everyone wants afew smoking friends, its more relaxing to hang out with afew crap talkers and smoke.

 
"laz65"

I know someone who went from 2 cigarettes a day to over 10 because she did exactly this.

Another one? You work for a tobacco company?
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DowneastaI smoked for two years and just managed to quit last April. Some tips, from someone who's been there.

-Stop buying your favorite brand. I used to smoke Marlboro Reds or Camel Wides, so I switched to American Spirits. They're all organic/additive free, but they still give you your nicotine fix. After smoking those for a couple weeks, my cravings were nothing like they used to be (I attribute a lot of the addiction to the chemicals and crap they add to cigs these days.).

-Try not to hang around smokers. This one was pretty tough for me, but I noticed that I wasn't nearly as tempted to smoke if nobody else was.

-I'm sure you've already done this, but sometime, try to estimate the cost of smoking for just a year. It's kind of scary.

-Eat healthier. When you quit, you're going to gain weight..it's inevitable. If you can get yourself into eating more healthy things, you can mitigate the post-smoking 20lbs.

-Start running and exercising, for two reasons. 1) It'll scare you, how out of shape you are. 2)Once you start running regularly, you'll cough up all sorts of crap from smoking. Feels good. =P

+1

 

No, I don't smoke. In fact, being around people smoking would make me sick when I was younger...it still does, but my tolerance level has increased a bit.

 

I smoke socially occasionally (once or twice a month) and have a cigar about two to four times a month during the spring and summer time. I am lucky in that i simply don't enjoy cigarretes while sober and so have never been tempted to develop a habit. Cigars on the other hand are a habit I refuse to give up, but given my frequency I'm not too worried about it.

Good luck quitting. I can emphasize the exercise component as it helped a lot when I gave up processed foods and red meat for awhile. Whenever you are abstaining from something you enjoy developing a complimentary habit really helps, not least because you don't want to ruin all your exercise work you did in a day by lighting up or digging into a twinkie.

 

I smoke... It sucks.

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"laz65"

I smoke but only one person knows. I love smoking but am embarrassed by it.

This died like 5 years ago...did you actually search for threads about smoking? On a related note: What's there to love about smoking?
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Yes to your first question and the addiction to your second. Note, addiction can be a love/hate thing. I also enjoy what I see as its "seductive" elements as addiction does denote a particular form of seduction.

 

Tobacco's just disgusting. That's including cigars. Cigarettes are poison wrapped in paper. Cigar has that weird smell with the gross tobacco smell. Chewing tobacco...yuck.

Of course I come from a family of nonsmokers.

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holymonkeyTobacco's just disgusting. That's including cigars. Cigarettes are poison wrapped in paper. Cigar has that weird smell with the gross tobacco smell. Chewing tobacco...yuck.

Of course I come from a family of nonsmokers.

Read what you wrote again, and come back later...

 
holymonkeyTobacco's just disgusting. That's including cigars. Cigarettes are poison wrapped in paper. Cigar has that weird smell with the gross tobacco smell. Chewing tobacco...yuck.

Of course I come from a family of nonsmokers.

if your best friend died from lung cancer, due to smoking.. it kinda gives you a reason to indirectly bash smokers.

doubt thats the case, so just get outa here.

oh! you might wanna start indirectly bashing asians for eating fish heads too, just because you think its "yuck", and probably come from a family that don't eat fish heads.

 
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holymonkeyTobacco's just disgusting. That's including cigars. Cigarettes are poison wrapped in paper. Cigar has that weird smell with the gross tobacco smell. Chewing tobacco...yuck.

Of course I come from a family of nonsmokers.

if your best friend died from lung cancer, due to smoking.. it kinda gives you a reason to indirectly bash smokers.

doubt thats the case, so just get outa here.

oh! you might wanna start indirectly bashing asians for eating fish heads too, just because you think its "yuck", and probably come from a family that don't eat fish heads.

Your logic fails to consider the fact that one case (smokers) indirectly affects others around them and the other (Asian fish-head eaters) has virtually no impact on bystanders. I can't even drive to work with my widows down without my car filling up with smoke from the person in front of me, let alone walk in front of most buildings without catching a lung-full.

 

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