I am an ex-smoker. I understand this stumbling block quite well. Should you decide to quit, here are some of the things I did to help with the take a break/soci

I am an ex-smoker. I understand this stumbling block quite well. Should you decide to quit, here are some of the things I did to help with the take a break/socialization aspects of it. -- I never stopped taking smoke breaks. (but I did start calling them air breaks) -- I invited other, non-smokers to air-breaks -- Other smokers didn't set off particularly strong cravings in me, so I still did my coordination with them -- Since my body no longer had the chemical decay timer, and the mental habit started to fade, i had to set real timers and request my smoking co-workers to ping me for my air breaks (before I did this, I started to feel disconnected and seriously considered starting to smoke again to "relieve the stress") -- Keep carrying around a lighter. (It makes no sense, but somehow it helps put some smokers at ease about a non-smoker in their midst) -- Don't start preaching to your smoking buddies about stopping. Answer questions if asked, but let it be -- remember how much you hated the "you need to quit" stuff. It will keep the interactions smoother.