I side a bit with shady on this... If I were to "escape" to smoke a cigar, it's almost guaranteed that I would be "talked" to. I think my boss would be very tolerant, of course, but certainly I'm not accomplishing anything while I'm out smoking a stogie. Besides - I'd be the lone wolf with all of the cigarette smokers. It really is not the same as being with a group of cigar smokers.

To Will's point - I usually have so many things going on at one time that I could not take my mind off enough to enjoy a cigar at work. I just don't picture that smoking a cigar at work would work in a way that would bring me the relaxation I enjoy.

My wife and I were discussing this, though. She has quite a few co-workers that "enjoy" the extra smoke breaks during the day while she's left to pick up their slack while they're gone. She's often commented that she wants to take up cigarette smoking if for no other reason that to have a few extra breaks in her work day to escape the extra work the cigarette smokers pile on her while they're out. Though - she really does not like hanging with the crowd that normally goes out to smoke...

My old boss tells a story of picking up cigarette smoking only because he realized shortly into his Army career that if you smoked cigarettes you did not have to always stand formation. He found it much more pleasurable to smoke a cigarette than stand around at parade rest. ...though he did comment that it sucked when he was in the back of a covered truck, loaded with the wonderful smells of cigarette smoke on top of body odor and diesel fuel.

Does that answer your question?