I grew up around advanced level cardiac stimulant addicts. I'm not a addict myself, but participate occasionally with the addicts, to avoid looking like an alien. I also don't like to offend people, so I cheerfully receive their gifts of cardiac stimulants. It's a social tradition. The advanced level addicts are called Great Buai Chewers (GBC), while others may be Moderate Buai Chewers. I'd like to consider myself a Low Level Buai Chewer. I know there's stigma associated with this cultural practice, because these stimulants are carcinogenic, and I think they can also act as a trigger to cardiovascular complications. (My unprofessional opinion.)
Another layer to this stigma include cleanliness in office spaces. The stimulants aren't considered illegal by law, just prohibited in formal spaces because of their reddish splashes or droplets, a chaotic mess to any degree of office Zen-ness. Even the reddish teeth and frequent buai breaks paints an image of unprofessionalism or poor work ethic.
Punishable by HR laws, some senior HR professionals or senior staff that are GBCs themselves may be considered hypocrites if they enforce punishable measures on others, and so it depends on the work culture or, an HR personnel's attitude and beliefs to enforce HR policies and a promote a strict no buai zone.
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