the cost of smoking

barrys-lass

I have just worked out that since the begining of January i have spent over 200 quid on cigs!!!!!!:eek:

OMG

fletch3163

Hi there

Speaking as an EX smoker can I just say one of the things that kept me on the straight and narrow for the past 2 and a half years is the fact that EVERY TIME I smoked i threw 25 pence down the drain. Imagine that!

bozzy120

Eeeeek!!

I'm saving so much since I gave up on the 3rd Jan, the extra pennies and seeing my debt go down so much quicker are such a driver to keep me from going back!!

Greenbynature

Hi barrys-lass
I packed in November last year and see my sig for how much I've saved :eek: - really shocked me to see how much I was wasting on cigs and I now have more money to throw at my debts :j

ilovecheese

Why dont you smoke roll ups instead? I buy tobacco when I travel abroad at about £4.00 for a 50g pouch which will last about a week. Even if you buy tobacco in this country at £11.00 a pouch it is much cheaper than buying talor made ciggies. I brought a rolling machine from Argos (£9.99) and usually roll 18 in one go (takes about 15 minutes) then put them in a ciggarette case. It would save you a fortune if you swapped over.

KittyCat1

My hubbie gave up last July using Nicorettes but what motivated him the most was putting the cost of a pack of cigarettes into a jar every day and seeing how much money he used to waste mount up so quickly.

Idiophreak

One of the (many) reasons I never smoked - couldn't afford it

rog2

I tried very hard to give up smoking and, whilst I admire those who have, I know from my own experience just how difficult it is to break the habit.
I was a '40 a day' smoker for over 30 years and although I did cut down to about 15 a day I just could not give up altogether - I managed the odd week, indeed I went for six weeks without smoking but was really hard to be with.
Certainly cost was one consideration - effects on health the other. I just wish that, back in the 60's and 70's, Governments, and tobacco companies, had given more thought to the health of their 'customers' rather than to the generation of profits and revenue.
I still, I am afraid to say, smoke - albeit that I now smoke 'roll ups' and a 25gram pouch of tobacco lasts me 4-5 days, so whilst significant, the cost factor is lessened. As I am smoking less, I tend to enjoy the taste of the tobacco more.
I have disciplined myself to never smoke in my (or anybody else's) car. I used to smoke automatically whilst driving - to the extent that I would often light up only to find a cigarette still burning in the ashtray.
Equally, I never smoke during a meal, wheras I had adopted the continental habit of eating between cigarettes, and I would never smoke around children.
I can not pretend that I don't smoke in the house, especially in this cold weather, but I don't smoke in the living room or bedrooms and try not to smoke if we have guests.
I know that I should, even could, give up altogether and openly put my hand up to not having the willpower to do so, but I have cut down drastically and, from a financial point of view, ave adopted the lowest cost option.

Dex

I also smoke roll ups, I spend 2.66 p/wk on tobacco and about 20 pence on Rizlas and about 88p every two weeks for filters. If I smoked straight ciggerettes I would easily smoke a pack a day but I don't with this costs me about £15 p/month max to smoke... should probably still quit though

Tommy99

Hey i am going to the doctors today, i want to use Zyban i have heard really good things about it. So spend around £50 per week of cigs, the with every pack i buy i will buy a can of red bull which is another £40 per month...

So tonight is the night...

"The first step is admitting you have a problem..."

rog2

Tommy99 wrote: »

Hey i am going to the doctors today, i want to use Zyban i have heard really good things about it.

Good luck at the Doctor's - I have heard good things about Zyban, but I think you will still need willpower as well.