Stop Smoking and Start Saving
Years ago, I was a cigarette smoker. I'd hate to think of how much of my hard earned cash went up in smoke. These days, cigarettes are at nearly $4 a pack where I live, yet it doesn't seem to stop people from smoking. I know that a lot of these people are living paycheck-to-paychek, and if they could kick the habit, they'd save a small fortune. If you're a smoker, why not consider joining a reputable smoking cessation program and save what you normally spend on cigarettes in the coming year?
I don't understand how smokers afford it.
I don't get it either. Here they've taxed cigarettes up to around $5 a pack. However, being in Oklahoma that doesn't really seem to work because about every two miles there is sacred Native American land (usually in the corner of the Wal-Mart parking lot) with a 'Smoke Shop' that is tax free.
I can't really talk though because my vice is Dr Pepper which I spend about $2-3 a day on.
I've never smoked myself, but a friend of mine quit a couple years ago, and he was very aware of the money that he was saving.
I wonder if more people will be trying to quit as the prices of everything seems to be rising now.
I guess the old adage that you can tax only so many sinners out of sinning is true. Spending habits are ingrained and as such smokers think nothing of spending $4 per pack. It is programmed in their budget.
Maybe we shouldn't try to convince them not to smoke. Maybe we should try to persuade them to find a more societally oriented use for their money.
Now all we need is a government agency to tell us the politically correct orientations.
i used to spend HUNDREDS a month on smoking. i gave it up two years ago and i have saved a bundle. i would never go back on them.
I'm a smoker, and to be honest, I really cannot afford. I have finally decided that it is time to stop. I have tallied up all the money I would save, and a small fortune is right. I hear the prices are due to increase again soon. I just hate the withdrawal phase, but the idea of saving so much money hopefully will motivate me to quit for good.
I hope you are successful with your task of giving up smoking. If you save the money you aren't spending on smokes, do something nice with it for yourself. It isn't easy to give up something that is both addictive and hmentally habit-forming.
Good luck.
