I find that taking that break to smoke actually increases performance. Coding is a miracle for the smoker, and vice-versa. When working on a specific task wit

I find that taking that break to smoke actually increases performance. Coding is a miracle for the smoker, and vice-versa. When working on a specific task within my code, I refuse to go smoke, wanting to stay in the zone and get all of my thoughts in there and working - thus, savings my lungs. After a task has been completed, especially the difficult ones, I find the 5-7 minute break before moving on to the next task to be extremely beneficial. It gives me a few minutes to unwind, gather my thoughts, and anticipate/plan what my next steps will be.