Smoking.....

[ToraToraTora]

Why is it when any sort of discussion on smoking comes up it's never very long until someone(usually irrelevantly) will always say that it in some way contributes to the treasury when clearly the costs of smoking massively outweigh any revenue. Why does this myth endure?

[hc4361]

All those at AA admit they have a problem, dr filth.

[Blackiequine]

Well said Prudie.

[DrFilth]

hc4361 i know one up near me eventually she will also admit it but not at present , when it affects their benefits they will say anything

[DrFilth]

ps i forgot to add she can't have the drugs she needs from her doctor till the group leader gives her some letter/form about attending the meetings

[Sipowicz]

hc4361, excellent post at 13:53.

[mccfluff]

what you can say it is a fact, is that smokers pay a massive amount of tax on their drug of choice

i am now 9 months free and i can't figure out how the bloody hell i used to afford it - someone has said earlier on in the thread that smokers spend more on cigs than food and i reckon i did and i wasn't a particularly heavy smoker

[sandyRoe]

20 a day wouldn't be unusual for a smoker. At £8 a packet that nearly £3000 a year. It's not a cheap addiction.

[hc4361]

sandyroe, my wife and I smoked 40 a day EACH. At today's price of £8 a pack that is £11680 per year.
We smoked more on holiday, in the pub/club, on holiday. No wonder I've got asthma.

When we stopped we put the money we would have spent each day aside and it paid for a beautiful new kitchen within 12 months. A new car the year after.

I am honestly astonished and ashamed at the amount of money we choose to burn.