How much money will you save if you quit smoking

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

By giving up cigarettes, you can save up for a vacation or a little repair in a year.

How much does smoking cost

On average, a pack of cigarettes costs 105–110 rubles. If you smoke regularly, the habit is very expensive. There are calculators that can help you calculate the costs depending on the number of cigarettes smoked and their cost.

The principle is clear. And the numbers are likely to scare you. The life hacker asked several smokers to estimate the costs of a bad habit.

I spend over a thousand a week on cigarettes, about 4,500 a month. I'm even afraid to count a year. It would be enough to visit the European Mediterranean Sea for the second time in a year.

Helena

I take cigarettes in blocks, the supply has just run out. If you take it for a year at once, you get 62 thousand. This is a rather large amount for me. This year I spent less on vacation, although I rested very well.

Dmitriy

According to statistics, 65% of Russians with this bad habit smoke a pack a day or more. Taking into account the average price of 105 rubles, they spend 3,150 rubles per month or 38,325 rubles per year. A good reason to think about quitting.

What can you buy with the savings

If you do not just keep this money, but put it in a savings account with a monthly capitalization and an average rate (now it is 6, 51%), then in a year you will receive 42 313 rubles.

This amount can be spent on something pleasant or useful, for example:

• Unlearn a driving school if you do not have a driver's license.
• Heal teeth. It's not cheap overall, and the enamel is likely to be damaged by smoking.
• Buy a game console. The main thing is not to replace one dependence with another.
• Repay a loan. A monthly overpayment of 3,150 rubles can significantly speed up the process.
• Purchase a set of clothing for winter outdoor activities - snowboarding or skiing.
• Put a treadmill or cardio machine at home.
• Go on a mini-vacation to one of the cities of Russia or spend a weekend in Europe.
• Create a reserve fund and protect yourself from financial force majeure.
• Starting your own business - sometimes a minimal investment is enough.
• Go to a psychologist regularly to heal mental wounds and live happily.
• Change your smartphone to a newer version.
• Make repairs in one of the rooms, or even in the whole apartment.

And that's not all.

What do you get besides direct savings

Additional time

Even if a smoke break takes 5 minutes, you spend 1 hour 40 minutes a day grinding cigarettes. If you get rid of a bad habit, you can free up time for reading, playing sports and other pleasant things. This kind of rest increases your productivity, which can translate into higher income.

More chances to stay healthy

Let's be clear: quitting cigarettes does not guarantee the absence of disease. Otherwise, all non-smokers would be healthy and live to be 100 years old. But this habit is called bad for a reason. It increases the risk of facing certain types of cancer, diseases of the cardiovascular system, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Smoking shortens life by an average of eight years, and for those who are addicted to cigarettes in adolescence, by 20-25.

A person with nicotine addiction can live a long time and not get any particular health problems. But he can get it. And getting sick is expensive. So, by quitting smoking, you also save on doctors.

For those who want to get rid of this costly bad habit, Lifehacker has prepared instructions. Don't put it off until Monday or new year, start now.