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29/08/2013
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Restrictions on smoking in collective environment are increasing across the country and is expected to grow these further , following international trends in the fight against the evils caused by smoking . And fighting this addiction does not only bring benefits to physical health of the consumer , another very important impact is the financial health of the person who smokes , with reduced spending on the product and health treatments .
The math is simple , with the value of R $ 5.00 cigarette , a smoker who consumes two packs of cigarettes a day will spend per month R$ 300.00 per year value goes to R $ 3,600.00 , and this without taking into account investment gains . But if that money is invested for ten years in an application yield of 0.6 % monthly and without considering inflation , the end of the period the ex - smoker will have R$ 52,500.90 and in thirty years will be R $ 380,767.63 .
This cost the monthly budget of people surely will cause many to rethink about the importance of keeping this addiction . It is logical that this risk is much less than the physical , however, can not deny that this impact reflected in the everyday economy addict and increasing the value of the product , everyone will feel the impact.
And did you count the expenses that a smoker will this period with health problems caused by smoking, and loss of work performance due to the fatigue that addiction brings.
The act of smoking is not only the addict lose cash , smoking generates a global loss of hundreds of billions of dollars per year, and half of it occurs in developing countries . This value is the sum of several factors such as the treatment of tobacco-related illnesses , deaths of citizens of working age , the highest rate of early retirements , increased rate of absence from work and less productive yield .
So, if you are a smoker picture : how you'll be thirty years from continuing to smoke ? Your health will be good ? How much you have spent ? Now imagine : if you stop smoking today and invest this money , hence thirty years, and have a much higher quality of life , will still be more than R$ 380 000 richer . This will give you health and also more money to enjoy life !
Source : UOL - Modern Consumer
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