Smokers seem to get picked on all the time lately, and I am going to pick on them once more. Back in my “physical security assessment” days I worked with a team that would test the perimeter security of buildings. If we could not walk into the front office and march right pass the gatekeeper then we would scope the building for the smoking area. You could walk into a smoking area, bum a smoke (I never smoked it), talk about the weather, and the local sports team then instant trust would be built. While in the smoking area many times I would talk about the office back in city “X” so the people in the smoking area would just think I was visiting from an office in another city, then I could walk right into the office when they returned from their smoke break.

A good gatekeeper and security guard will filter the incoming people into your office building, but is there a security guard in the smoking area to make sure no one sneaks into the building? Have the smokers been educated to make sure not one gets into the smokers door unless they have an office ID badge or a guest pass?

Make sure the corporate smoke break does not smoke your business.