The Cost of Smoking
Cigarettes smoked per day | Cost | |||||||
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | 15 years | 20 years | 25 years | 30 years | |
1/2 pack | $638.75 | $1,916.25 | $3,193.75 | $6,387.50 | $9,581.25 | $12,775.00 | $15,968.75 | $19,162.50 |
1 pack | $1,277.50 | $3,832.50 | $6,387.50 | $12,775.00 | $19,162.50 | $25,550.00 | $31,937.50 | $38,325.00 |
1 1/2 packs | $1,916.25 | $5,748.75 | $9,581.25 | $19,162.50 | $28,743.75 | $38,325.00 | $47,906.25 | $57,487.50 |
2 packs | $2,555.00 | $7,665.00 | $12,775.00 | $25,550.00 | $38,325.00 | $51,100.00 | $63,875.00 | $76,650.00 |
3 packs | $3,832.50 | $11,497.50 | $19,162.50 | $38,325.00 | $57,487.50 | $76,650.00 | $95,812.50 | $114,975.00 |
Cost per pack | $3.50 |
Smoking Facts just in the U.S.A
• 20% of high school kids are current smokers
• 4000 kids try smoking for the first time each day
• Of the 1000 kids who start smoking each day, 35% will die
from smoking
• 15.5 million kids are exposed to secondhand smoke at home
each day
• 800 million packs of cigarettes are smoked by kids each
year
• 427,000 people die each year (1,170 each day) from their
own cigarette smoking habit
• Up to 73,000 die each year as a result of second hand
smoke
• Over 6 million kids will die in their lifetime as a
result of cigarette smoking illness
• 8.6 million people currently suffer from a smoking-caused
illness
• $157 BILLION is spent on health care treating smoking
related illnesses
• $5 BILLION is spent on health care treating secondhand
smoke related illnesses
• Almost $100 BILLION is lost in productivity each year
• Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of
which are known to cause cancer.
• Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body.
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