CTW Admin James Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Admin Share Posted June 23, 2003 The following facts have been compiled by a gentleman who has had the misfortune of suffering a stroke, We hope it will, perhaps, give others food for thought regarding smoking ... I smoked 30 cigarettes a day. The cost of each cigarette in 1999 was 16p. The cost of a day's cigarettes was, therefore, £4.80. The cost of a week's cigarettes was £33.60. The last year was a leap year (366 days); 366 x 30 cigarettes = 10,980. 10,980 cigarettes I smoked in one year. 10,980 at a cost of 16p. each = £1,756.80! The cost of one year's cigarettes. I had been smoking for 35 years. The first 10 years I smoked around 20 a day = approximately 73,000 cigarettes The next 25 years I smoked 30 a day = approximately 273,750 cigarettes. This means I would have smoked around 346,750 cigarettes in my life. It takes around 7 minutes to smoke one cigarette. This means I smoked for the equivalent of 3 1/2 hours each day. Over 35 years I have spent approximately 1,685 days or 240 weeks or 4 years and 7 months smoking! Plus the time looking for a light. The length of a cigarette is approximately 4" x 346,750 = 1,387,000 inches Placed end to end this would stretch for almost 22 miles. If the cigarettes were purchased in packs of 20, I would have bought a total of 17,337 packs. Laid flat on top of each other the packets would reach over 1800 feet high. Laid end to end these packets would be almost 2 miles long. When I first started smoking a packet of 20 cost around 4 shillings or 20p. My habit then cost £1.40 per week or £73 per year. Had I chosen to invest the money rather than spend it on cigarettes at an annual interest of 4% per year I could have saved £36,133.80 over the 35 years. After years of being weak willed in trying to kick the habit I finally gave up on the 27th January, 2000. It was really quite easy - for years I had read the health warnings but thought I was invincible!!!! Quote James@ClubTheWorld.uk CTW Admin | ClubTheWorld.uk | Twitter | Instagram Clubbing the world, together ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members xpaulax Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 if he rolled his own he wud be alot better off Quote sarcasm is the lowest form off wit. if wit was [censored] you would be constipated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members ChewMyMoo Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 i hate reformed smokers Quote why does your mum always buy crap pop?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs LiamStyles Posted June 23, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted June 23, 2003 Pah! tis pocket change to me lol!! Quote LiamStyles Bet you look good on the dancefloor *LiamStyles - mixes on rotation* Current mix "No Concept Of Time" CLICK HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Pepsi Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 I can give up smoking really easily but as soon as I walk into a pub I really need to smoke Ahhhhh, why do I feel the need for a cigerette when I drink Quote oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo Lots of bubbles but where's the coke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members ChewMyMoo Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 u really know how to put a donw on things dont u james... Quote why does your mum always buy crap pop?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Moderators Maria Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2003 Im glad I gave smoking up, tbf. Quote ClubTheWorld.com's OFFICIAL Events Reviewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Capn Jack Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 Quote I don't do much on this planet, but David Blaine has taught me that I could do less!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Moderators Maria Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2003 Dam firewall won;t let me see. Quote ClubTheWorld.com's OFFICIAL Events Reviewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members LiquidEyes Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 I'm glad I never started smoking! £36 grand - that's a lot of records / music hardware / beer / curries / club entry fees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Ginge Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 I've been smoking since I was 16 years old and I dont intend to quit. If it kills me, it kills me...I'm gonna die anyway. I suppose you could do a post like this about red meat...coz red meat doesnt entirely digest in your stomach and bits get left behind in your intestines, building up for years..slowly rotting away. If it rots enough it could give you horrible diseases and therefore possibly kill you. OK...went a bit off topic there for a moment...sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs Ian Cashman Posted June 23, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted June 23, 2003 hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Tresh Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 Stopping is easy, starting again is the problem. Quote My teenage daughter has been kidnapped, and the people I work with may be involved in both. I'm Federal Agent Jack Bauer and this is the longest day of my life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Louise Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 im a social smoker but work in a pub, and have been doing since the age of 13. (workin not smoking) theres no point me giving up until i stop workin there, i breath in about 30 packs of fags a nite, iv probably got lungs of an 60 year old..... thats made me feel really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members ChewMyMoo Posted June 23, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted June 23, 2003 i did actually start to smoke wen i was 9...and then dennis law wen i was 10...but i soon stopped ..then picked it back up in my last 2 yrs of high school which was an arse ache cos as soon as i got to collge, and ppl start to connotate u to cigarettes, and offer u a fag wen they have one, gets harder and harder to break away form the circle and habit ya know... well im quitting big style..(will be my 7th serious attempt..sounds like suicide) gonna change it all round before i move on to a different crowd.... = Quote why does your mum always buy crap pop?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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