Do you Know how Much Your Smoking
Costs?
Not many smokers calculate how much their smoking habit costs. If you
are someone who’s never calculated this, now is as good a time as any to
do so. For starters, you can start by calculating how much you spend on
buying your quota of cigarettes.
With the current prices of cigarettes in Australia, putting an average
smoker’s everyday cigarette expense at $10 per day is only nominal. That
makes it $300 a month. In a year, this amounts to $3,600. If you smoke
for the next 20 years, you will end up spending more than $72,000 on
smokes. If you are someone who thinks that this isn’t much, well, this is only
the tip of the iceberg. This is, after all, only the money that you
spend on buying your smokes. Your smoking costs you a whole lot more.
The medical cost that a smoker bears during his/her lifetime does vary
from smoker to smoker, and how much you would have to spend on medical
expenses depends upon how lucky or unlucky you are.
If you are someone who pays particular attention to grooming, hygiene,
and appearance, then you have a whole array of expenses to look forward
to. These would come in the form of dental bills (to get your teeth
whitened), face creams (to battle the smoke induced premature aging),
perfumes (to keep the cigarette smell at bay), air fresheners for your
home and car, etc. Also take into account the money you would lose in the form of clothes
that have been rendered useless because of cigarette embers that have
burnt holes through them. You would also have to bear the brunt of your smoking if you intend to
sell your home or car. If you do not intend to spend money on making
your car or home appear smoke free, then do expect to get offers that
are lower than the existing market value. Bear in mind that smokers generally end up paying more for medical and
life insurance, and smokers are also known to be lesser productive than
their non-smoking counterparts in workplaces, a fact that your boss
probably realizes as well. So if you still intend to carry on smoking, and think that you can
afford to, think again. The money that you spend on the cigarettes alone
is only a fraction of what smoking actually costs you. The truth is
smoking can actually cost you your life. |
