the cost of smoking

LilacPixie

how much are cigs now??? I gave up in 2005 was smoking 20-25 a day regal kingsize.

rog2

LilacPixie wrote: »

how much are cigs now??? I gave up in 2005 was smoking 20-25 a day regal kingsize.

Between £5 - £6 a packet, depending where you buy, and which brand, LP. Roll up tobacco is between £5.00 and £6.50 for 25 grams.

Smoking is, indeed, an expensive pastime/addiction.

You did well to give it up.

barrys-lass

well yesterday i decided to give up, good thing about working for NHS is you get free patches for 4 weeks. I did have about 6 cigs yesterday and have had 2 today before i put my patch on. the hardest thing i think will be when i go out (if i can afford it)

rog2

barrys-lass wrote: »

well yesterday i decided to give up, good thing about working for NHS is you get free patches for 4 weeks. I did have about 6 cigs yesterday and have had 2 today before i put my patch on. the hardest thing i think will be when i go out (if i can afford it)

Good luck - I hope it works for you.

ExNicotineQueen

Coming up to 1 year since I quit (by hypnosis). I used to smoke roll-ups also (after switching from B&H then Marlboro Lights as they got too expensive). Between me and my OH smoking it was easily about £150~£200 per month. A 50g packet of Golden Virginia used to cost about £5.25 early last year when I was still a smoker, I looked in the shops last night purely out of interest and it now costs £5.90 or thereabouts. :eek:

I’m glad I stopped, no willpower required with hypnosis, I walked out and just didn’t fancy a cigarette and nearly 12 months later, I still don’t!

barrys-lass

I have been thinking about hypnosis, one of the nurses at the hospital does it and has asked me if i would be interested. I wasnt too sure at the time but im seriously thinking about it now.

LilacPixie

rog2 wrote: »

Between £5 - £6 a packet, depending where you buy, and which brand, LP. Roll up tobacco is between £5.00 and £6.50 for 25 grams.

Smoking is, indeed, an expensive pastime/addiction.

You did well to give it up.

Thank you. Unfortunatly its not plain sailing I still sometimes crave one.
:eek: At the time i think it was around £4.75 a pack. :eek: :eek:

barrys-lass

i think the thing thats going to be hard it OH refuses to give up smoking

ExNicotineQueen

barrys-lass wrote: »

I have been thinking about hypnosis, one of the nurses at the hospital does it and has asked me if i would be interested. I wasnt too sure at the time but im seriously thinking about it now.

Go for it! My OH said if I went and did it and it worked for me, he would go too. Suffice to say 1 week after I went, he booked his appointment and he is also now a non-smoker.

I have also referred 2 friends, 1 of my workmates and 1 of my workmates daughters to the same guy I went to, all of them have quit successfully also. The sesh cost me £120, lasted about 45 minutes but it was well worth it to be rid of the evil Nicotine monster.

I have zero willpower and thought I would be too strong minded to be hypnotised, in fact I went into it very sarcastic and thinking 'yeah right as if this mumbo jumbo is gonna work on me. Ha!' but it worked and I haven't looked back since.

poptart1_2

I smoke amberleaf and use the concept machine and tubes so they look like normal fags, been doing this for 1yr now and would not go back to normal cigarettes. Works out at a fraction of the price.Takes a while to get used to the machine but once you have cracked it its really good.