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The Cost of Tobacco UseModule 12
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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.
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• 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.
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What could I buy with $1,752?
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The cost of smoking adds up.
10 Years = $17,520
20 Years = $35,040
30 Years = $52,560
40 Years = $70,080
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1. Read a book2. Listen to music3. Walk the dog4. Talk to a friend5. Swim6. Practice yoga7. Start a journal or scrapbook8. Dance9. 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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Slide 3: EBSCO Industries, Inc. 2008. “Lighting Up in Your Van Could Lose You Pounds.” http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=24565f57-6558-40c2-a15c-c35901da20aa%40sessionmgr11&vid=1&hid=10&bdata=JmF1dGh0eXBlPWdlbyZnZW9jdXN0aWQ9Z2FsaWxlbyZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#db=aqh&AN=34122825
Slide 4: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2011. “Fact Sheet: Economic Facts About U.S. Tobacco Production and Use.” http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/economics/econ_facts/
Slide 7: American Cancer Society. 2011. “Quitting Smoking—Help for Cravings and Tough Situations.” http://www.cancer.org/Healthy/StayAwayfromTobacco/quitting-smoking-help-for-cravings-and-tough-situations
References
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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