Here are some facts that astounded me.
- I
quit smoking
on June 6th 2000.
- As of Jan. 1 2007, I have gone
2,409 days without a cigarette. It's definitely over.
- Given
my smoking rate of 1 pack (20) per day, I have not smoked 60,250
cigarettes! That fact alone blows my mind. I can't believe that I would
have purchased and lit up over 60,000 times since my quit-day. (That's
assuming that I had lived this long if I was still smoking.)
- Given
the price increases that have taken place since 2000, I would have had
to earn $17,205.24 of after-tax money just to purchase those cigarettes!
- I've also saved $1,000 per year in life
insurance premiums.
- Given
the fact that these are after-tax
figures I can assume that conservatively I would have had to earn
$40,000 to support my habit during the last 5 years.
The Quitsmoking Guy
2450 Sandalwood Court.
Bright's Grove, Ontario, Canada
N0N 1C0
Phone: (519) 330 0549
Email: quitsmokingguy@cogeco.ca
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