For Non-smokers who envy the smokers' innumerable "smoke breaks" at work: a timer shaped as a cigarette can be started by pressing a button. It mimicks the advance of the fire towards the butt, and beeps when the cigarette would be finished: Time to go back to the office. (A "virtual smoke break" site exists, but who wants to bring the PC outside? Perhaps a cellular adaptation can help...)
-- Zetov, Oct 27 2005

Is this a "cough" rant "cough" regarding smokers?"cough" since when did smokers"cough" have special privileges?"cough" Just take a break "cough"
-- skinflaps, Oct 27 2005


"When that cigarette burns out, your time is up"
-- calum, Oct 27 2005


Or is that two?
-- wjt, Mar 23 2020


I agree to assume the burden of one of [Edie's] "brilliant" responses. I was just about to say the same.
-- blissmiss, Mar 23 2020


What's needed is a "vape" machine that releases a trail of vapour from the far end, but when sucked on just admits plain air. Thus the user can pretend to be smoking, but actually isn't.
-- 8th of 7, Mar 23 2020



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