Smokers where I work spend more time outside than they do on their jobs. I don't mind the smoking as much as I do chewing. The man I work with chews and spits tobacco juice/spit in all the trash cans all day. Nasty! They aren't allowed to smoke inside the facility so the ones that don't want to spend all day on the porch, chew.
Just the opposite here. It's the non-smokers who spend twice the time in the break room (then try to figure out why they can't lose weight, ha!) The problem is.... smokers are more obvious when they take breaks because they have to leave their work areas.
I read your post and I thought you have to be working in a hillbilly hell.