Take up smoking if it bothers you so much.
[i]Take up smoking if it bothers you so much.[/i]
Or vaping - the breaks, without the health risks (or the stink of ashtrays).
Plus looks reeeally cool.
On top of the 2 weeks or so lost in time to breaks, large scale health studies have shown they take an average of 8 more days off in sick leave per year, and this is -after- factoring in socioeconomic factors (tend towards the lower end, so poorer diet, harsher jobs etc)
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https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/smoking/Pages/stopping-smoking-benefits-mental-health.aspx".... two of every five cigarettes smoked in England are smoked by people with a mental health problem."
So, let me get this right - the NHS in England have studied a group of people who'll pay £10 a day to make themselves stink, look old and haggard and eventually die sooner with a huge amount of associated illness they may get in the meantime... and they're only saying 20% of them are mentally ill?
40% dear 😉
So smokers don’t take time off sick with stress. Do they take any other sick leave, for any other health problems, or is it win win? Wonder how many companies have to make death in service payments to smokers?
Or vaping - the breaks, without the health risks (or the stink of ashtrays).
Plus looks reeeally cool.
Yes I can't believe how cool vapers look. Oh and those gorgeous varied odours. Mmmmmmmm.
We had one eejit at our old place that certainly wasn't productive during ciggy breaks (or even after them!) but kinda let it lie.
There was nearly a riot in the team when someone actually took note of the excursions. Think the record was 14 breaks of avg 15 minutes one day. Words were finally said after that.
".... two of every five cigarettes smoked in England are smoked by people with a mental health problem."
An even better reason to ban it if it's a major cause of mental illness. 😀
Or are we talking about a small number of people smoking 4000 fags a day?
cant believe that I read this instead of going out for a smoke.
Smoking's been entirely banned on our sites. I'm looking forward to the smoking shelters going with their vaping smells. Every time i walk in to the office it's like walking through the air freshener aisle at Halfords.
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@slowoldman, surely you appreciate the fun in walking past a properly hard, rough, posssibly flat roofed pub, and being greeted by scary faces and a smell of (synthetic) strawberries and cream?
Makes me chuckle anyway
As a former smoker (nearly one year off the fags now, thank you very much) I can confidently confirm that I don't get any extra work done. None at all.
