Posted on 01/22/2015 8:04:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Alaska smokers will spend over $2 million.
American smokers spend at least $1 million dollars on cigarette-related expenditures over their lifetimes, according to a state-by-state analysis done by the financial consultancy company WalletHub.
The most expensive state for smokers is Alaska, where the habit costs over $2 million dollars on average. For a bargain, move to South Carolina, but that still comes in at nearly $1.1 million.
“I and most people really just think of the cost of cigarettes and taxes on the packs, but if you think about the healthcare costs, which can totally be avoided, healthcare insurance premiums, and in the workplace, bias against smokers, that can … add up,” said WalletHub spokeswoman Jill Gonzalez....
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Cigs or cigars?
I love my Rocky Patels, Gurkha, and AJ Fernandez cigars.
Overall All States’ Average: $1.54 per pack ... of $2.00 per pack or higher; six states and Guam have cigarette tax rates of $3.00 per pack or higher; and one state ..
this does not take into account the tax burden on the manufacturer which is of course passed on to the consumer.
I gave up a 2-pack a day habit in 1984 and can use that to cost justify anything. Unfortunately it seldom works with you know who.
My grandma used to say that smoking was a poor man’s pleasure.
Yeah... not so much.
There are a lot of habits that carry a big lifetime cost. Hitting the bar for a few drinks every night after work, for one. Wonder what the lifetime cost of daily, now-legal bong hits in Colorado will be?
Michelle’s plan to control your daily allotment of food can be directly traced to the notion of controlling/taxing smokers. Think of the health costs! You people who eat fried foods are coasting ME money! Nothing by Broccoli for you! Broccoli and Kale!
Eating out several a times a week (inclusive of adult beverages) can really take a bite out of your budget as well.
Liberals want you to smoke dope..not tobacco...
sucks to be a smoker.
“sucks to be a smoker.”
I’ve thought of quitting, but I’m just not a quitter...
My husband was in the Marines from 1967 - 1971. When he was in Vietnam the smokes (and beer) were free, courtesy of the U.S. Government. He quit smoking when he got home. The beer, well that's another story. But he's healthy!
Fly in on a Thursday (treatments are usually done on a Thursday evening) and fly out Friday morning. Have someone with you to assist you after the treatment. Eat your evening meal before treatment and bring a 16-32 oz bottle of water with you. The treatment works. As long as you always remember that you are addicted to nicotine which is more addictive than any other drug. You will not desire a cigarette after treatment. You will wake up the morning after the treatment feeling smoke free and alive.
Make everyone mad. Smoke both!
Same-same here from the Army. A year or so after I got back I caught the worst flu of my life. All I wanted to do was die. When feeling better 4-6 days later, it struck me. “Wait a second. I haven’t had a cigarette in a week or so.”
‘Never smoked again.
Semper Fi and “Welcome Home” to your husband.
I don’t smoke and I’ll be the first to tell you cigs are pretty tough on you, but I’ll also tell you 3 of my 4 paternal grandparents smoked into their 90’s. The 4th died of sepsis after a sccessful surgery.
Nicotine free for 23 days and going strong. After 41 years, I didn’t I could ever quit.
Still having some rough spots, but feeling better every day.
Ditto!
I made a lot of money off Phillip Morris and then off the spin off http://investor.altria.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=80855&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1123169
Smoke and enjoy the dividends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWXbVsMkz1U
““I and most people really just think of the cost of cigarettes and taxes on the packs, but if you think about the healthcare costs, which can totally be avoided, healthcare insurance premiums, and in the workplace, bias against smokers, that can … add up,”
As for workplace bias... thank you government for giving us that.
As for healthcare costs and insurance premiums... well, as they blame EVERYTHING that happens to a smoker on smoking, of course it looks higher. Thus, the insurance is higher.
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