Smoko breaks get up Australian workers' noses

Australian smokers' breaks have non-smokers all fired up - nearly two-thirds of them believe smoking breaks are unfair and unproductive.

Recruitment firm Kelly Services' survey of 2000 Australian workers found 11 per cent admitted to taking time out of their work day for smoking breaks.

But 60 per cent of non-smoking workmates felt smoking breaks resulted in decreased productivity and 47 per cent described themselves as unhappy about the breaks.