Gaining a better health and higher social acceptance are undoubtedly very important quitting smoking benefits. Another area where you will profit massively if you quit consuming is tobacco is money.
The price for a pack of cigarettes varies depending on where you live. In the state of Delaware, US, a pack of cigarettes is around 4 US$, in the state of Texas it is only around 5 US$. In Sweden one pack is around 7 US$. No matter where you live, however, smoking is a very expensive habit.
Studies have shown that an average smoker consumes around 20 cigarettes a day, which – for most brands and countries – translates into one pack per day. Say you live in Dover, Delaware and consume around one pack of cigarettes a day. In a week you will have spent 28 US$ on this nasty habit. In a month it sums up to 120 US$. In a year you will have wasted a whopping 1460 US$ on smoke and all you get is an endangered health, low energy levels, bad breath, and a whole in your purse … and mind you, in most places cigarettes are way more expensive than in Delaware!
Just imagine what you could do with all that money. 1460 US$ is more than a Apple MacBook costs. It is more than most people spend on renting their apartment per month. It doesn’t take a math genius to see that having more money to spend on useful things is a one of the major quitting smoking benefits.
Oh, and in case you are in the position that you don’t have to worry about money, maybe a moral appeal might convince you: in Laos (a country in Southeast Asia), for instance, the average income per person is 400 US$ … just so you understand me correctly, that’s 400 US$ a YEAR, not a month. Ask yourself, wouldn’t it be better to quit smoking today and send the money you save to Laos to double the income of three people?
