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Can You Save Money By Quit Smoking?

June 29, 2018 3 Comments

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Can you save money by quit smoking? We often hear people arguing how cigarettes influence our financial situation in a negative manner. The habit itself has no real benefit to those who practice it, yet people spend thousands of dollars on tobacco product every year.

Can You Save Money By Quit Smoking?

Cigarette addiction is one of the most difficult to break, and it seems as though monetary aspect is not doing its part in motivating smokers to quit.

For most people, financial benefit is nothing but a myth, mainly because not many of their non-smoker friends are getting rich due to their lack of burning tobacco.

The truth is, there are many ways to stop smoking cigarettes and actually see a substantial growth of numbers on your bank account.

Here are some of the most notable points that explain how breaking the habit brings more money into your pocket.

Switch teams

Can you vape instead? If quitting is not taking you anywhere. Get your pocket some respite and your lungs some less pain.

Breaking the habit is not easy, and often comes with unwanted side-effects. Therefore, if you tried to quit smoking several times and it didn’t work you should try vaping. Here’s the logic behind this argument; vaping is:

  • A cheaper alternative (plus there are always some Vapingdaily v2 promo code actions, etc.)
  • Less harmful than inhaling smoke from combustible cigarettes.
  • Less addictive than regular smokes
  • Cheats your brain that you’ve never actually quit smoking

The math is rather simple when it comes to the economics of trading regular smokes for e-cig. If you smoke one pack a day, it costs you around $5 a day, which makes $150 each month, and ends up with $1800 a year going up in smoke (pun intended).

On the other hand, a quality vaping tool goes for around $50, which you pay once and use it until you decide to get a new one. A 30 ml bottle of liquid would beat around $22 out of your pocket and replace 30 packs of regular cigarettes.

This is where the line between the two becomes clearly visible. Additionally, you will need to buy a coil every couple of months, which is additional $5 expense.

In total, switching to vape allows you to save money that you could later spend on better cable or faster internet package, some new clothes, or even a vacation.

Additionally, you don’t have to inhale carbon dioxide, there are no additives that they put into smokes like tar and similar harmful substances.

Ultimately, enjoying an e-cigarette keeps your brain blind to the fact that you are no longer smoking. You get the same satisfaction, the right amount of nicotine, and put money in your pocket.

Cut down follow-up expenses

Now, we all know smoking doesn’t come without its down-sides. However, it seems to me that we don’t take them all into consideration seriously enough, at least not enough to think about their financial influence.

As it is, smokers have to paint their home interior more often than non-smokers.

Unlike e vapor, cigarette smoke leaves its mark on clothes and furniture as well, so smokers have to spend more money on cleaning, getting new clothes and furniture if it gets accidentally spoiled or burned by accident.

Personal hygiene is also a large issue for those that are addicted to combustible tobacco products. Bad breath, the smell of smoke, they all ask for expensive hygiene products that you wouldn’t use otherwise.

Healthcare costs much less when you’re not actively working on poisoning your body with regular smokes.

The list of health conditions that are directly related to tobacco products is immense and grows larger with each passing day. Here are some gloomy statistics provided by CDC:

  • More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by tobacco smoking.
  • For every person that dies because of smoking, there are 30 people living with a smoking-related illness.
  • Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, etc.
  • Secondhand smoke exposure contributes to approximately 41,000 deaths among nonsmoking adults and 400 deaths in infants each year.

Imagine, instead of spending all that money on the doctor you could save that cash for some other, more pleasurable activities. In addition, secondhand smoke harms those who live with you, making an impact on the overall home budget.

Vaping better than cigarette

All these consequences are easily avoidable, at least by switching to electronic cigarette alternative.

Smokers earn less

According to some resources, smokers earn less money than their non-smoking counterparts. In addition, there is a reasonable chance that, as a smoker, you are less likely to get hired, unless you’re too good of an expert for a company to lose you on account of smoking.

The employers’ logic varies in this situation, and it spans from greater health risks to insufficient productivity.

Stanford University Associate professor Judith J Prochaska stated in her report that smokers earn around 25% less money than non-smokers.

Her research shows that tobacco smokers earn $8300 less every year. Prochaska and her team followed a group of 251 job-searchers in San Francisco area. After a year of study, the results were following:

  • 60 of 108 nonsmokers were hired
  • 29 of 109 smokers were able to get a job

The reason for such a notable difference between two groups is mainly because nonsmokers cost less. Employers spend around $6000 more on those workers who smoke because of health care, absenteeism, cigarette stops, etc.

The report fails to mention if the study included those who use e-cig, vaporizers, or any other alternative to regular smoke, though.

Conclusion

I really hope this article helped you understand some of the most notable advantages of losing the habit and putting a stop to your nicotine addiction.

At the end of the day, if you don’t make those millions, your body will be grateful, your social and natural environment will notice the difference, too. Keep in mind that there are always healthier and less expensive alternatives.

About the Author: Phyllis Baker is the blogger specializing in quitting smoking and health. Her personal interests include self-development and psychology.

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Comments

  1. Carole says

    July 2, 2018 at 8:52 AM

    I have noticed over the years that people who have a stable home life find it easier to quit smoking than those who don’t. I suppose people who are living in chaos or unhappiness use smoking to self medicate.

    Reply
    • SB says

      July 3, 2018 at 9:21 PM

      The strange thing about an addiction is when you are too happy you want to have it and when you’re depressed, you want to have it. alcohol and nicotine are good examples.

      Reply
  2. sun says

    May 30, 2019 at 12:02 AM

    For people who are addicted to smoking, they spend a lot of money every year to buy cigarettes. This is an extra cost. Although quitting smoking can save this money, it is considered that not everyone can successfully quit smoking, so the best The solution is to find a cheaper, better alternative to the body that is e-cigarette. As far as I know, the price of e-cigarettes is not high, and can be recycled, and it will not cause pollution to the environment. It is a good substitute.

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