Cost of Smoking and of Quiting Smoking
Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health and for your wallet.
You may want to have at look at our funeral costs to give you an idea of the ultimate price for smoking.
The first table gives you an idea of how much your smoking habit is costing you based on a packet of 20 cigarettes costing almost £5.00
Quiting smoking is no easy task, but the second table below gives you some ideas of methods to help kick the smoking habit, along with the cost associated with trying to quit smoking using this method .
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Cigarettes smoked per day | Smoking for 1 year | Smoking for 10 Years | Smoking for 20 Years |
|---|---|---|---|
5 | £456 | £4560 | £9120 |
10 | £912 | £9120 | £18240 |
20 | £1825 | £18250 | £36500 |
40 | £3650 | £36500 | £73000 |
Quit Smoking Method | Details of the Quit Smoking Method | Cost of the Quit Smoking Method | Per |
|---|---|---|---|
Willpower | Stop Smoking, going completely cold turkey | £0.00 | |
Willpower | Stop Smoking, but eat comfort chocolate | £0.99 | Galaxy Chocolate Bar |
Patches and Gum | Nicorette Gum, maximum of 15 pieces per day | £16 | 100 sets of gum |
Patches and Gum | Nicorette Lozenges, 1 lozenge every 2 hours initally, dropping to around 1 every 8 hours after 10 weeks | £15 | 72 lozenges |
Patches and Gum | Nicorette Patches 1 per day | £15 | 7 patches |
Patches and Gum | Nasel Spray | £15 | Bottle |
Patches and Gum | Nicotine Inhalor | £15 | Inhalor |
Prescription Drugs | Ayban - Ask your GP, course lasts 2 months | NHS Prescription charges apply | |
Alternative Therapy | Hypnotherapy | £100 | 1 hour session |
Alternative Therapy | Acupuncture | £30 | 30 mins |
Alternative Therapy | Cold Laser Treatment | £100 | treatment |
Willpower | Counselling using the stop smoking helpline 0800 169 0 169 | free | many ser |
Willpower | Counselling using a trainer counsellor | £60 | hour |
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