Smoking breaks at the office attract fines

A Japanese government official has to pay a huge penalty for smoking in the office, he has taken a break of 4,512 times for smoking in the gap of office work for 14 years. The authorities have fined him more than 14 lakh etans for this ‘crime’.

The report said that 3 people, including the 61-year-old official in Osaka, have been convicted of the same charges and the official status of the director of the city's finance department, however, the media did not disclose.

However, he has been imposed on him with a fine and a few other punishments, despite repeated prohibitions, as punishment for smoking in office in the workplace, 10 percent of the salary of the 3 people will be deducted for the next 6 months.