When I worked in crap jobs, smoke breaks were a life saver. I worked at one place (a growers in rural England) where we only had 15 minutes for lunch (probably illegal) but we could take smoke breaks if we wanted. Everyone smoked super kings to maximise their break time.<p>I think something about smoking cigarettes is intimately linked to control of time, particularly in regimented industrial environments &#x2F; crap jobs where you have to clock out to take a shit. When I smoked at work, it was like I was free for the duration of each cigarette.