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Smoking Cessation

Oopsie Daisy

(5,500 posts) Mon Feb 10, 2025, 01:04 PM Feb 10

Nine Years Smoke Free! [View all]

I'd smoked a carton (or more) per week. When I stopped smoking the price was $6 a pack. Now they are over $15 a pack.

A rough estimate of how much I've saved is $49,140... just for ME.

My husband also quit at the same time so we can double that to $92,820 that we DID NOT BURN.

Quitting is hard, but staying-quit is easier when I think of how much we've saved. Every time I see that cigarettes in Maryland have gone up again, I'm hopeful that the price makes it too hard for some someone to continue smoking, and impossible for some kid to start-up.

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Nine Years Smoke Free! [View all] Oopsie Daisy Feb 10 OP

Congratulations! LoisB Feb 10 #1

Congratulations underpants Feb 10 #2

I will never understand Sector 001 Feb 10 #3

Good for you! I know how hard it is to quit. jls4561 Feb 10 #4

Both of my parents were heavy smokers 7im Feb 10 #5

I feel bad for having exposed my children to our cigarette smoke... Oopsie Daisy Feb 10 #6

Congratulations! BBbats Feb 10 #7

BRAVISSIMI !!! fierywoman Feb 10 #8

Congratulations. I smoked a pack and a half a day for 40 years. Started when they were 50 cents from a sinkingfeeling Feb 10 #9

Very cool! Rver Feb 10 #10

Congratulations!! I quit about 6 years ago MiniMe Feb 10 #11

Congratulations MustLoveBeagles Feb 10 #12