Should smokers' breaks be deducted from their lunch hours?

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Seems fair to me. You can take time to smoke, but you don’t get more total time “off” than a non-smoker. Otherwise, the non-smoker is essentially subsidizing the smoker (which they also do with respect to health insurance).

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