The Cost of Tobacco Use Module 12
Tobacco 101: Module 123 The Cost of Tobacco Use Smoking often leaves a bad smell in clothes, cars or homes. What is the cost of using tobacco? Smokers may have a harder time selling their cars or homes.
Tobacco 101: Module 124 The Cost of Tobacco Use Money doesn’t grow on trees. Did you know that a person who buys a pack of cigarettes a day for $4.80 per pack will spend more than $1,752 every year on smoking? What is the cost of using tobacco? Using tobacco hurts your wallet.
Tobacco 101: Module 125 The Cost of Tobacco Use What could I buy with $1,752?
Tobacco 101: Module 126 The Cost of Tobacco Use The cost of smoking adds up. 10 Years = $17, Years = $35, Years = $52, Years = $70,080
Tobacco 101: Module 127 The Cost of Tobacco Use 1. Read a book 2. Listen to music 3. Walk the dog 4. Talk to a friend 5. Swim 6. Practice yoga 7. Start a journal or scrapbook 8. Dance 9. Listen to a relaxation CD What can I do besides smoking? There are so many fun things to do besides using tobacco. Now it’s your turn to name a few fun things that you can do.
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Tobacco 101: Module 129 The Cost of Tobacco Use Slides 1 and 2: Photographs courtesy of iStockphoto. Slide 3: Photograph courtesy of George Doyle/Photos.com. Slide 4: Photograph courtesy of Milan Ljubisavljevic/Photos.com. Slide 5: Photograph courtesy of Kiyoshi Takahase Segundo/Photos.com. Slide 7: Photograph courtesy of Comstock/Photos.com. Photographs are used for illustrative purposes only, and any persons depicted are models. Photograph Credits
Prepared by Sterling Fulton-Smith, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Sandhya Joshi, RTI International; Caley Burrus, Duke University; Ronny Bell, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity; and Barri Burrus, RTI International. March 2012