The true cost of smoking, literally.

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The true cost of smoking, literally.

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What would you and your partner do with £407,887.50? Spend it on

cigarettes perhaps? Well, if you and your partner both smoke 60

cigarettes a day between you, and you both smoke for another 50

years, this is exactly how much it will cost you.

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The true cost of smoking, literally.

Copyright © 2006 Dave Sabat

Exuberance Clinical Hypnotherapy

http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk

What would you and your partner do with £407,887.50? Spend it on

cigarettes perhaps? Well, if you and your partner both smoke 60

cigarettes a day between you, and you both smoke for another 50

years, this is exactly how much it will cost you.

Maybe you're thinking that you don't smoke that much. Ok then,

a smoker who smokes 20 cigarettes a day for just 10 years will

spend £19,892.50.

A smoker who plans to smoke 30 a day for 30 years will waste

£105,941.25.

These figures are based on a packet of cigarettes costing £5 for

the first year and then increasing by 10 pence per pack per year

thereafter, and this is not unreasonable to assume.

As well as the health dangers, perhaps any smoker should be

asking themselves if they can afford to smoke. Over four hundred

thousand pounds would pay off more than the average mortgage and

buy a few nice cars but because the money spent on cigarettes is

passed over the counter daily without any fuss, its absence is

not really noticed.

Imagine holding a box containing £105,941.50 in cash and being

told that you can have it back in 30 years if you don't smoke,

or smoke 30 a day for 30 years and never see the money again.

Incredibly, most smokers would probably choose the 2nd option and

then spend a few days or weeks chasing a tenth of a percent on a

mortgage deal! These are the smokers that are not ready to stop

smoking.

This illogical reasoning is caused by our rational thinking which

has to come up with reasons why we do the things we do. The only

problem is that sometimes if it can't find a reason it will come

up with an excuse such as " I won't notice the daily fiver " .

Anyone wishing to give-up smoking and who passes the box test,

who is willing to throw their cigarettes in the bin and look

forward to getting their hands on the cash in 30 years, need only

to put the money that they would have spent on cigarettes in a

savings account! Don't forget that this figure will be even

greater because of the interest it earns.

So, how do you stop smoking? Most smokers know that smoking is

expensive, both financially and in terms of health, but the fear

of stopping seems even worse. Many people think that they will be

ratty, not be able to concentrate, need new wallpaper as they

will be climbing the walls and generally unable to cope with the

imagined withdrawal symptoms and cravings. This fear of stopping

is greater than the fear of smoking. Again, our rational thinking

sometimes works against us.

If you could stop smoking virtually instantly, feel good, not

experience any withdrawal symptoms or cravings and know that this

change was for life and costs a fraction of the money that you

would have spent if you were to carry on smoking, would you stop

smoking now?

The aim of smoking cessation with hypnotherapy is to help you

become a happy non-smoker virtually instantly.

What would you rather do, possibly spend hundreds of thousands of

pounds feeding a habit that has not got one single benefit to it

or stop smoking easily, quickly, naturally and safely?

Imagine someone offered you a box containing £105,941.50........

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Dave Sabat, DCH DHP GHR (Reg), of Exuberance Clinical

Hypnotherapy, is a clinical hypnotherapist who helps clients

achieve positive thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Visit the

website http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk for more information.

The full " cost of smoking " table can be found at:

http://exuberancehypno.co.uk/smoking.htm