Originally published October 11 2005
Anti-smoking group releases startling new figures about the financial burden of cigarettes
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Ian Willmore, a spokesman for Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), discusses statistics produced in a recent study of British smokers, which claim that every year, British people spend 17 billion pounds on an estimated 72 billion cigarettes.
THE average British smoker spends £91,832.43 on cigarettes in a lifetime, according to research released yesterday.
This figure equates to 373,302 cigarettes, or 18,665 packs for every smoker.
On a yearly basis, that is £1,493.22 spent on 6,060 cigarettes, according to the survey of 3,000 people by the financial providers Clerical Medical.
And the average smoker puffs through 15 cigarettes every day, which adds up to 105 a week.
Ian Willmore, a spokesman for Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said: "This survey shows just how wasteful and addictive smoking is.
Not only could it kill you, but it also costs you enormous amounts of money to feed your habit."
Collectively, UK smokers get through 72 billion cigarettes a year, costing £17 billion.
John Hiew, of Clerical Medical, said: "It's a staggering amount of money, and that's a hell of a lot of disposable income just going up in smoke.
"If people put the money into a savings plan, not only would they probably live longer, but they could have an extra income of thousands of pounds a year.''
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