In Australia, smokers spend 17 days a year smoking on average. On average they spend about AU$2500 yearly to pay for their habit, and most smokers say that they will cut back on other expenses before they cut back on smoking.
This research was done by Galaxy for Pfizer Australia, and respirator specialist Dr Peter Holmes from Melbourne. They say that if smokers want to make it through the recession, it would be a good idea to quit smoking before they cut back on other things.
Dr Holmes says, "It takes a few cents to make a cigarette and they charge about 90 cents each, and if someone was ripping you off like that with a television or a car you'd be on the phone to Consumer Affairs instantly. People would rather cut down on going to movies, eating out and buying clothes before choosing to cut back on smoking, and smoking is such a good way to put more money in their wallet – it's after tax income."
Smokers miss out on a lot of things with the money they spend on smoking, but the problem with smoking is that it is an addiction and defies all logic.
[Via: news.com.au]
