THE COST OF SMOKING

According to CDC, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men.

NEGATIVITY TOWARD YOUR HEALTH

• You lose about 76 days of your life smoking a pack a day for 2years.
• 1Cigarette will take away 11 minutes of your life.
• 47,782 cigarettes are needed to take a whole year from your life.

SMOKING IN NEW YORK

• About 15.5% of NYC residents smoke.
• 1pack of cigarettes cost $12.50 BEFORE tax
• The rate if increase for a pack is 27cents a year.
• 1pack a day = $4,562.50 year cost

Unfortunately the least wealthy people are the ones with addiction problems. An article in the New York Times said that with shift of smoking from being a high class thing to any average person being able to smoke it is hard to shake and they are reaching out to those who need help in this area.

There are about 144 different kinds(choices) in cigarettes. Marlboro, Newport,& camel are the leading brands.