{"id":243162,"date":"2025-11-04T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/243162\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:06:12","slug":"estate-agents-top-the-uk-smoking-charts-as-workplace-stress-takes-its-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/243162\/","title":{"rendered":"Estate agents top the UK smoking charts as workplace stress takes its toll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Workplace stress is hitting estate agents harder than most other professions, new research reveals.<\/p>\n

A study by vaping firm Haypp explored the link between workplace stress and smoking habits, finding that nearly a quarter \u2013 24% \u2013 of Brits are more likely to light up after a tough day at work.<\/p>\n

Among all industries surveyed, estate agents and property professionals emerged as the UK\u2019s most prolific smokers, with 55% admitting to smoking every day. The research also identified the ten professions with the highest proportion of daily smokers \u2013 highlighting the sectors most affected by stress-related habits.<\/p>\n

The 10 most addicted professions, whose workers admit to smoking on a daily basis, are:<\/p>\n

Estate Agents & property 55%<\/p>\n

Builders & construction 48%<\/p>\n

Social Care 47%<\/p>\n

Hospitality 44%<\/p>\n

Management 44%<\/p>\n

Sales 42%<\/p>\n

Retail 40%<\/p>\n

Environment 39%<\/p>\n

Tourism 38%<\/p>\n

Leisure 36%<\/p>\n

When asked why they smoke, UK workers cited stress (60%), anxiety (43%), and feeling annoyed or irritated (33%) as the top three triggers influencing their smoking habits. Notably, five of the ten leading reasons were directly linked to work. A quarter (25%) said they smoke to relieve tension, 24% light up after a hard day, 22% do so to take a break, 21% smoke when under pressure, and another 21% said their smoking increases when workloads rise.<\/p>\n

Those working in law enforcement were among the most affected by job stress, with three-quarters (75%) admitting they smoke more when under pressure \u2014 more than three times the national average of 21%.<\/p>\n

Perhaps most surprising, 6% of Brits believe smoking has helped them get ahead in their careers. This sentiment was especially common in the science and pharmaceuticals sectors, where a third of respondents said they think smoking has given them an advantage at work.<\/p>\n

Markus Lindblad, from Haypp, said: \u201cThe UK government has made great strides in reducing smoking but it\u2019s clear that more can be done. The research clearly shows a connection between workplace stress and smoking, so employers now have a role to play when it comes to reducing smoking rates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Workplace stress is hitting estate agents harder than most other professions, new research reveals. A study by vaping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-243162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}