People who smoke puff away more than a year of their working lives on breaks, says a new UK study.
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The average nicotine addict takes four 15-minute breaks every day, costing their employers 240 working hours a year in lost productivity, which is equivalent to 10,680 hours during the average smoker's working lifetime of 44.5 years.

The study of 2,500 adults by market research website OnePoll.com found four out of five smokers did not cut down on their breaks during the economic downturn.