bitful

Research carried out by the NHS Smoking Helpline found that 'Smokers spend �676 a year on their habit, before the cost of cigarettes is even taken into account.'

This means that I thought I had saved 9,138 pounds since I quit smoking over three and a half years ago, but the actual total over the same period is instead 11,544 pounds.

On top of the price of thirty cigarettes per day, this updated figure also includes:

• 'personal hygiene' - £199.95 (more expensive products, and larger quantities);
• 'cleaning, repairing and replacing' - £212.68 (smelly clothes, burned furnishings/furniture, stained teeth, bleeding gums…);
• 'other costs, including insurance premiums' - £263.33 (life insurance premiums are on average one third higher than for non smokers).

Now, if only I could remember where I put the 2,406 extra pounds I've saved…

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