They will be healthier and have a lower chance of getting sick in the future. Stop subjecting your family, friends, and people in your surroundings to secondhand smoke.Research has shown that non-smokers engage in healthy exercise on a more regular basis than smokers. More easily control your emotions without having to revert to cigarettes as the means of calming your nerves.It’s not pleasant having to excuse yourself every thirty minutes so you can go have a smoke – people are judgmental and they will let you know about it. Feel at ease around people who do not smoke.No longer have to miss out on social events (theater, cinema, exhibitions, and more) where smoking is not allowed.Even though a good portion of the population smokes (nearly 20% of adult Americans) smoking is banned at restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and at a slew of social gatherings. Smokers are often pariahs of the society today.
If everyone stopped smoking that money could be redirected to more worthwhile causes. The government is currently spending more than $120 billion every year to fight environmental and health care risks caused by smoking. You will also become less of a burden to your employer and the government. That amount of money is nothing to scoff at. Also, your health insurance premiums would go down for at least 15% but could even be 25% lower, depending on your personal situation. Also, if you were to put that money into a savings account, you would nearly triple the amount even at a modest interest rate of 4%.Ĭalculating all the related costs, even those which seem minimal such as lighters and ashtrays, would yield substantial savings over the years. That is a decent amount of money you would be saving in the long run – enough to buy a great new car or afford your child a college education. In New York, where it costs $12.85 to buy a pack, the total expenditure over 50 years will nearly triple that amount, climbing close to $250,000. In states with the lowest price per pack of cigarettes that can still amount to around $100,000 over the course of 50 years. Financial Benefits of Quitting SmokingĪs we’ve already calculated in the article about the cost of smoking, smokers spend a great amount of money feeding their addiction. They are well aware of the fact that they are harming themselves physically, psychologically, and financially.īefore diving into the sea of health benefits, let’s first take a look at the financial ones – what can you do with the money you stop spending on cigarettes. They tried, once or numerous times, already but they end up being sucked right back into that vicious circle of addiction.Ĭontrary to popular opinion, rare smokers actually enjoy smoking. Despite the fact that there are nearly 1 billion smokers in the world right now, surveys show that 7 out of 10 are willing to kick the habit.