I just sat down and did some rough calculations regarding this whole smoking thing.
Here is a very rudimentary cost analysis that I used to endure not too long ago.
(All prices in Canadian $ Toronto because that's where I live)
Pack of smokes: $7-10 (depending on brand, small/large pack)
Consumption per day: 1 sometimes 2 packs (we'll say 1.5 packs/day)
That's about $8.50 x 1.5 packs/day = $12.75 per day based on an average between 1 small pack and 1 large pack.
So, $12.75 x 365 days per year = $4,653.75.
That does not include the cost of lighters, matches, etc. but I won't include that in the cost analysis because its insignificant.
So, $4,653.75 x 16 years = $74,460.00
Now obviously the price of cigarettes has fluctuated over the years but just looking at that number has angered me even more than I could ever be at myself. Fuck.
Now if I compound that over 16 years at a very modest 5% works out to be about 115,714.12.
That's alot of fucking bling to realize that I inhaled in the form of tobacco for absolutely nothing. That does not include the cost of non-tobacco products which I won't get into here.
OK NOW I AM REALLY FUCKING PISSED....
