The real cost of smoking
If the idea of massively increasing your chances of developing lung, throat, stomach or bone cancer isn’t enough to put you off smoking perhaps you might want to read this post. Cigarettes aren’t only incredibly bad for your health they are also expensive.
The average pack of cigarettes cost £5.77. Let’s assume that you smoke 20 cigarettes per day. This means that you spend £5.77 per day on cigarettes.
Let’s be conservative and say you only get through 5 packs per week.
That means you spend £28.85 per week.
Approximately £125.02 per month
And the grand total of £1,500 per year.
How good would it feel to have an extra £1,500 in your pocket every year? What would you spend it on
- An amazing holiday?
- A new watch?
- A week being pampered in a luxurious spa?
- A special gift for your loved one?
- A deposit for a new business venture?
These are just a few ideas; it really is up to you. Hopefully you can see by giving up smoking you’re not only saving your health, you’re also saving you wallet on a big scale. Smoking is a very expensive habit.
If that still isn’t enough, consider the amount of money you’ll spend over a life time on cigarettes..Ready for it...£60,000!
That’s right if you smoke 5 packs of cigarettes per week for 40 years you’ll end up spending at least £60,000 (as cigarettes are bound to increase in price)....Think about what you could do with that amount of money.
The facts are there, if you do smoke, it really is time that you gave up. Of course quitting smoking can be difficult.
Luckily there are many fantastic programs out there, if you need any help and support check out this link http://smokefree.nhs.uk/
To your health and wellbeing.