There are studies around showing that even a few minutes walk can increase creativity. So it is actually possible that smokers that are going out to smoke are a

There are studies around showing that even a few minutes walk can increase creativity. So it is actually possible that smokers that are going out to smoke are actually more creative that their sitting counterparts. Here for example : http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/want-to-be-more-creative-take-a-walk/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/want-to-be-more-cre... but there are likely more serious link around.