The Price of Smoking

Use this worksheet to figure out how much money you've spent on cigarettes since you've started smoking.

Number of packs you smoke in a year if you smoke:

1 pack a day =                 365

1 - 1/2 packs a day =       548

2 packs a day =                730

2 - 1/2 packs a day =      913

3 packs a day =              1095

Number of packs I smoke in a year......._____________________

Number of years I have smoked........_____________________

Multiply to obtain number of packs I have smoked since I started smoking...._________

Multiply by $ 2.00 .................................____________________

(the average cost of a pack of cigarettes over the last 25 years)

This is how much you have spent on cigarettes since you began smoking

What did you get for your money?______________________________________

Now, figure out how much you will spend if you continue to smoke.

Subtract your age from 75 (the average life expectancy)............_____________

Multiply by 365..............._____________

Multiply by how many packs a day you smoke.............__________________

Multiply by $5.00 (the average future cost of cigarettes)........______________

This is how much you will spend if you continue to smoke...............____

Now, add the two boxes together to get your lifetime dollar cost of smoking:_____

What else could you do with that money?

A 65" high definition TV with theater sound  $3,500

A two-week trip to Hawaii for two                 $4,500

A year's tuition at Carnegie Mellon                 $25,670

A 54-day,'round the world cruise on the QE2 (outside room) $29,000

If I had an extra $_________I would ___________________________