YEAR 10 GASP: STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET TOPIC: The Financial Cost of Smoking HOW MUCH DOES SMOKING COST? The price of cigarettes rises every year, but as it stands, a pack of 20 cigarettes costs between £4.70 and £6.00 (and quite a bit more in the UK!). This means that – A 20-a-day smoker will spend around £2,000 a year on cigarettes A 10-a-day smoker will spend around £1,000 a year on cigarettes A 5-a-day smoker, and many social smokers will spend at least £450 a year on cigarettes This is a table giving a conservative estimate of how much a smoker will spend over the next 5 years. It is very likely that within 5 years, the cost of smoking will be even higher than this! 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month 1 Year 3 years 5 years Cigarettes per day 5 £1.25 £8.75 £37.50 £450 £1,440 £2,562 10 £2.50 £17.50 £75 £900 £2,879 £5,124 20 £5.00 £35 £150 £1,800 £5,759 £10,249 40 £10.00 £70 £300 £3,600 £11,517 £20,497 60 £15.00 £105 £450 £5,400 £17,276 £30,746 Smokers also tend to spend more on – Dental care: because smoking has such a huge impact on teeth Beauty products: because smoking is very damaging to the skin Perfume & aftershave: in an attempt to disguise the smell! Life Insurance: because smokers have a 50% chance of dying early House Insurance: because smokers are more likely to cause fires