Quitting cigarettes is always a good step towards a better and healthier life. But many people find it difficult to quit. One of the reasons for this is that many do not find a strong enough reason to quit, as health concerns always crop up much later when they start noticing the effects of smoking in themselves. But if anyone wants to quit early on, they might find it a bit difficult to find reasons strong enough to quit. This is when you should give a thought to your finances.
Financial perspective of quitting
Money can be a very huge motivation for most people. And if they are given a way to save money or have more money in hand, most will go for it. This applies even to quitting smoking. Most people look at the health effects of smoking and benefits of quitting. But what they do not realize is that money is a very important factor, may be even the most important factor in the whole addiction.
Cost of cigarettes: Usually, most smokers smoke around a pack a day. Given the increasing taxes that are being levied on cigarettes, it is quite an amount if you calculate your expenditure on buying cigarettes for a month. This adds up to a substantial amount. If you were to save up this money for a year and invest it, you could earn profits or even buy something nice for yourself or for your family.
Health expenditure due to smoking: Smoking leads to a number of small and big health problems including, incessant coughing, bronchitis, emphysema, cancers, heart diseases, and many more. Most of these are chronic illnesses which require continuous treatment to be kept under control. If you were to calculate your expenditure in these smoking-related health hazards, they would again add up to quite an amount.
If money is a motivation for you, then looking into these expenditures might give you that one strong reason you have been looking for to help to quit and stay quit.
