What Smoking Costs (costed) me...

So I've been looking on the smokefree website and it's telling me that when I used to smoke 20 a day how much it cost me for a period of time, I rounded a packet of cigarettes to £5 as there were so many variations on prices in shops:-

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 6 weekend health spa breaks for 2

- Each MONTH, Smoking costs you £152.08 with that money you could buy 3 gym memberships (I now have no excuse to not go to the gym!!)

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 36 DVD box sets of popular shows

- Each WEEK, Smoking costs you £35.10 with that money you could buy 5 trips to the cinema

- Each MONTH, Smoking costs you £152.08 with that money you could buy designer sunglasses (So have to buy a pair of Ray Bans when I get a new job :D)

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 1 week caribbean cruise for 2 (which lucky person shall I take with me?)

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 18 new mobile phones (or 3 and a bit iPhones)

- Each MONTH, Smoking costs you £152.08 with that money you could buy 2 tickets to premier league football matches

- Each MONTH, Smoking costs you £152.08 with that money you could buy 3 sunless tanning sessions (woohoo, no longer will I be so white I'll make your eyes bleed!!!)

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 5 meals at a celebrity chef's restaurant for 4

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 18 family day trips to children's theme park

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 12 mp3 players (why anyone would want 12 is beyond me...)

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 6 weekends in Paris (I love, love, LOVE Paris too...hmmmm)

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 30 tickets to premier league football matches (or about 6 Rhinos season tickets)

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 9 nights out for 2 including meal and hotel

- Each YEAR, Smoking costs you £1825.00 with that money you could buy 3 satellite TV year subscriptions

Ok...so that's enough but it's amazing...and I'm contemplating Paris now haha!! Just need to find a new job first :D

Something I've noticed is I have more time...any smoker will tell you it's a case of "I'll just have a cig then do x, y or z" but I don't have that now...it doesn't take me as long to get ready to go out.

Once it's out of my system I'll be fine and in the mean time I've found 2 very good mp3's from the smokefree website to help me relax and I've got a quitkit on it's way to me.


(Originally posted on Facebook by yours truly)


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