Puff breaks cutting short ‘working’ life

KLANG: Smokers may think they are only taking a few minutes from their work station for a “puff break” but other related routines, coupled with the actual act of smoking, can slice off more than three weeks of the company's time per employee in a year.

While anti-smoking advocates continue to remind smokers of the adverse effects that cigarettes have on their finances and health, many do not realise that the addiction also burns a hole in their employers' pockets.