Cough it up | Worker's fine over cigarette break raises question - are we still judging smokers?

Worker's fine over cigarette break raises question - are we still judging smokers?
Worker's fine over cigarette break raises question - are we still judging smokers?

A Japanese civil servant was fined $11,000 (est. £8,806) for taking cigarette breaks during work hours.

In the city the fine was issued, Osaka, government officials are banned from smoking cigarettes during work. As a result, some have argued that the ruling was unfair, saying that non-smoking employees ‘waste time’ eating snacks or chatting, but these wouldn’t be considered a punishable offense.

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