Good bye Marlboro
Yes. I think the time has officially come for me to quit smoking. Kicking a habit of 7 years is going to be hard I believe. But what to do? The Government has done it again, raising the already expensive price of $9.50 to $ 11 a pack. The news came as a bombshell to me. The price had been increasing over the years but when they do, it’s only an increase of between 10 cents to 50 cents. Increase of $1.50? Is our Government that poor as to tax us so much?Let’s say 1000 buy a pack today. That means the government would have earned an extra $1500 today. And do you think there are only 1000 smokers in Singapore? There are so many charity events like Ren Chi or the NKF charity shows. Why didn’t the Government fork out a portion of that money for those events instead of asking us to donate as much as we can?
I’m not saying that the Government should be coming out with all the money but if we add the cigarette’s tax together with our money, that should come out to a very huge amount for those charites. Or at least if the Government comes up with a new policy that for every pack of cigarettes we buy, 20% will go to charity. In that case, I think most people will be willing to part with that $11. Smoke and do charity at the same time. That will be a great promotion slogan.
But seriously speaking. If I really do quit smoking, I really can save up a lot of money. Let’s do a bit of counting here.
I smoke around 1 pack every 2 days. Each pack cost $11.
1 month = $11 * (30/2)
= $165
So that is the amount I should be able to save every month. Not too bad.
But from experience, I will definitely put on weight if I do quit smoking. Most of that $165 will go to food and of course tidbits that will help to keep the mouth busy so as to curb the temptation of the cigarettes.
But anyway, I forgot to mention that all smokers are the biggest liars on Earth. Because there is always a period of time where the smokers will declare that they are going to quit smoking but eventually come back again. Maybe the title should be temporary goodbye to Marlboro?
posted by malmoncolo @ 3:56 AM
5 Comments:
I'm gonna quit too. honest!! :p
ur no. 1 fan this is stan. ahaha.. Good News!
Ehz.. I think Gov is ENCOURAGING us to donate...not forcing us..so it's actually up to you whether you wanna do it you see.
Anyway, I think the heavy tax imposed is due to the reason of encouraging you people to stop smoking because smoking kills.
And, fan..trying to quit is good because (1) can have a better health (2) save more money. IF you really do save $165 for every month, you'll have quite a big sum after a year. And, you can try to eat vick/vic *forget* sweets because it's hot enough and maybe it helps to kill the urge for a moment? Should try.
Good luck and... pls Perservere. -.-"
Yeah, actually if you can save $165 a month, you can save $1830 a year! That's a lot of money.
As for the money being spent on eating, it's all about self control. Or you can just give me the money. Haha.
well.. u speak great truth abt smokers.. no one can ever understand the state of smokin, other than a smoker himself.. practise wat you preach.. quit smokin soon.. it's a fact tt u will gain weight.. not only cuz u eat more w more $.. but tt ur taste bud will be better and food will taste better, thus u will eat more.. fat fat more chubby ma.. :p
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