Woman Shares Creative 'Nonsmoker Equivalent' To Smoke Breaks At Work
If you have worked in a corporate environment, you have likely noticed employees taking smoke breaks to relieve stress. But if you are a non-smoker, you would be missing out on that opportunity to take a break. Now, a trending TikTok video proposes an alternative to this norm, demonstrating how a nonsmoker creates her own version of a "smoke break."
Cookie break instead of a smoke break
The video,?shared on TikTok shows a woman asking,? "What can be the nonsmoker equivalent of a smoke break?"?
It then switches to a woman explaining, "I worked in a kitchen one time where like everyone there smoked. And like twice a shift, I would go to the back room for like three minutes and take a cookie and just eat a cookie for three minutes. And if anyone asked, I was on smoke break."
@punkitarian captioned the post, "Cookie break was the highlight of my shift."
The latest viral post has ignited a discussion on TikTok, with many users sharing their own "nonsmoker equivalent" of cigarette breaks.
"I bought Twix and would sit outside, holding the Twix like a cigarette," one user shared.
"At the pub, we called it a fresh air break for nonsmokers," another added.
"Glass of water break. Fresh air break. They're lifesavers," commented another.
Research finds the perceived benefits of smoke break during a workday
It's easy to see why nonsmoking employees might feel left out when it comes to taking breaks during the workday.
A Scottish study published in BMJ Open highlighted this issue, noting that taking breaks was one of the "perceived benefits" of smoking.?
The 2018 study, titled "Tell them you smoke, you¡¯ll get more breaks," explored young adults' views and experiences with smoking, as well as their smoking habits over time.
Similarly, a 2009 study involving nurses, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that nonsmokers were nearly twice as likely to miss their work breaks compared to their smoking colleagues.
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