Monetary Costs of Smoking Cigarettes

Save money more than spending a cigarette

Smokers can’t live without cigarettes. So, even though they only have a little amount of money left, they always make sure to spare 1 pack of cigarettes before going home. It may be funny to think but heavy smokers can purchase 2-3 packs of cigarettes per day.  You might be thinking then if they knew how much they are wasting every day.

Most smokers do not care enough to count how much money they spend on cigarettes in a year. How much money can they save if only they don’t smoke? What things can they buy out of the savings? Their children might have been wearing now new shoes, school uniforms, and bags. They might even not suffering now from asthma because of second-hand smoke from tobacco cigarettes. Your younger son could have been celebrated his birthday party. If only you spend money for these instead of smoking, your children might have been very happy.

Think about the number of packs of cigarettes you smoke per day. Let us say an average 2 packs only. Multiply that to 365, that’s the total number of days in a year, to find out your total expense for cigarette in a year. So, if 2 packs cost $10, for the year you will be spending $3,650. Take a deeper look at the figures. How about having 5 males in the family who are smoking a total of 10 packs of cigarette per day? You may be astonished by the reality.

Besides having to waste money in smoking, this can also harm your health. When smoking, you are prone to many diseases like lung cancer, throat illness, heart attack, stroke, and likely cause death. Not only smokers can suffer these diseases, the people around you who can breathe the smoke from cigarettes are likely to experience such. So, why wait for these things to happen if you can stop smoking now?

If you are serious in taking steps to quit smoking and saving the money instead, there are many available resources to help you out. This is really very hard at first, but if you try to visualize the total money you spend in cigarettes, you may want to quit the habit now.  Quitting at the same time saving money are not only for your own sake, but also for the future of your children. Quit smoking now and enjoy a healthier life ahead.

Maybelle is a writer and does not smoke regular/analog cigarettes anymore because she currently smokes  as well as other electronic cigarettes.

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