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Trying to Quit? CostOfSmoking Will Make You Cry.
by Lee Mathews Jul 3rd 2008 at 11:00AM
Smoking is widely considered to be one of the hardest "bad habits" to kick. Way more so than turning your underwear inside out and wearing it a second time.If you're having trouble quitting, why not download CostOfSmoking for a massive dose of reality. It's an ugly, quickly assembled program (it looks like a packaged MS Access database) that will leave you absolutely gobsmacked. If you don't smoke and never have, this program will make you damn glad.
A quick run based on a ten-year, one-and-a-half pack a day habit at the current $12 a pack (oh, Canada!) pricing yielded the ungodly sum of $114,594. If that's not enough to convince someone that their habit is putting a serious dent in their potential savings, we don't know what is.
Try it yourself and see! We decided to run numbers on our average coffee habit - just to make sure we're in good shape - and was relieved to find out that our java vice came in at a much more reasonable $1,146.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shane Reustle said 9:02PM on 7-03-2008
or you can just do it on www.CostOfSmoking.com, without downloading any programs
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Lee Mathews said 9:03PM on 7-03-2008
Sure you can, but the app allows all kinds of really fine adjustments...perfect for the anal retentive!
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Dwight Stegall said 11:24PM on 7-07-2008
Quitting smoking is not hard to do. In fact, it was one of the easiest things I have ever done. That is because I truely wanted to quit. You have to want to quit more than you want to smoke. It's that simple!
Have you tried quitting and got cravings? You only get those if are still lying to yourself about wanting to quit. You might be angry since I said you are lying to yourself. You'll understand what I mean after you quit. I would rather have you angry at me than see you smoke.
I smoked 3 packs a day for 42 years (mostly Marlboros). I quit cold turkey and got no cravings.
The only problem is having to re-learn how to live without cigarettes. When I quit I was constantly reaching for a smoke or reaching in my pants poket for my lighter. You have to train your hands to stop doing that. But it's not difficult to do.
If I can do it you can to! :))
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