Okey, Here it is..... The high cost of smoking The average cost of cigarette is about $4 per pack. Using this number, a pack-a-day smoker burns through about $30 per week, or approximately $1,600 per year. -- MSN Money http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Insurance/Insureyourhealth/P100291.asp That is just cost of cigarette. If you include other expenses that comes with smoking in the picture, the expenses can run upto $5000 per year. Expenses like health insurance, medical expenses for smoking related diseases, house insurance if you have one, auto cleaning if you smoke in your car... expenses like that can cost you more than just a pack of cigarette. Remember the ad on ZTV??? Cigarette in my hand makes me feel like a man.... Same cigarette can make you kankaal too. -u_day