> The smokers I know are not just taking a break and doing nothing. They are talking a break with other smokers and having conversations. Sometimes they are abo

> The smokers I know are not just taking a break and doing nothing. They are talking a break with other smokers and having conversations. Sometimes they are about family, but sometimes they are about work subjects and they solve real work problems. True. The people taking smoke breaks aren't doing anything differently than those at the water cooler (other than, you know, smoking).