In my workday, the biggest time loss is in the time I would take to light a cigarette and smoke the whole thing. It's become a necessary part of my workday though. because I need a goal to keep myself moving, finishing this next task quicker so I could put nicotine in my system quicker. Why do I want nicotine in my system quicker? Because it makes the idiots I have to talk to more bearable. Weed does the job for this too, but if I'm smoking weed, nicotine is certainly involved too. If I could take my paperwork to the dining room, go to the smoking area, light one and fill in the spreadsheets for the day, I'd be in heaven. The chemical soothing I needed, and the productivity to get more stuff done and get home earlier. But unfortunately, you aren't even allowed to hit a vape while doing your paperwork. Sad, sad, sad. Realistically I understand that smoking areas in public places aren't a very good idea for widespread use, and it's definitely good that you have to actively seek out a place like that. Banning indoor smoking basically everywhere keeps cleanliness up, reduces smell, keeps the air clear (important for people with idk like athsma and other respiratory stuff), and also reduces the secondhand smoke thing. Funny I used to get mad at my mom for exposing me to secondhand smoke and now we chainsmoke on the patio together. Sometimes I just have to indulge the addict's fantasy. Kind of a fucked up thing that my fantasy is replacing my breaks with work. One factor in creating this is the heavy stigma against taking breaks in the workplace, to the point that you pick up a smoking habit so you have a good reason, because no one likes a bitch having withdrawals. And even yet, you wish you could just do the thing you do to get breaks while you work. So fucked up.