I will not argue for/against the health hazards of smoking because I'm more interested in the topic of this thread - that quitting smoking will save you money. I find this argument lame and mostly theoretical. To actually prove that quitting smoking will save you money, you would have to do a year-long research on two groups, both with same level of income and lifestyles, but with one difference - members of one group smoke habitually and the members of the other group don't. Let's say each smoker spends $1000 dollars a year on cigarettes. So if the argument that quitting smoking saves you money is true, the members of the non-smoking group would each have to have $1000 more in savings than the members of the smoking group at the end of the year. Not likely. If i were to do this research, I would begin with the hypothesis that the non-smoking group would NOT save $1000 each as a result of not smoking. Why? Because they would spend the money on something else. Having extra money on hand doesn't mean that you will tuck it away safely in your bank account. Most likely, you will spend it on something you wouldn't have if you didn't have that extra cash on hand. Conclusion: To those really addicted to smoking, good luck in your quest to quit. But to a lot of us, like me, smoking is a choice. I choose to spend $4 on a pack of Marlboro lights as much as you choose to spend $5 to rent a porn video or buy a bag of fattening chips. Which is more worthwhile? You could argue that all life long.