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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2534

Congratulations Karren, you have a great memory attached to the financial savings associated with your quitting.

As a pro at this, any idea where mine's gone? (scratches head)

Pen

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 5/18/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 2219
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 55,475
Amount Saved: �13,868.75
Life Gained:
Days: 381 Hrs: 23 Mins: 22 Seconds: 11

Quit Meter

$61,600.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 1277 Hours: 6

Minutes: 31 Seconds: 33

Life Gained
Quit Meter

5600

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

123,200

Cigarettes Not Smoked

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1209

Thanks for sharing Karen, that is awesome, your daughter is having wonderful memory making experiences. Furthering her education,..... and her parents are healthy and have saved many years of their lives.. so your children will enjoy their parents, the also have the influence that their parents have been courageous and Quit.

Way to Go

Bonnie

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 5/7/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 39
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 663
Amount Saved: $132.60
Life Gained:
Days: 5 Hrs: 3 Mins: 8 Seconds: 24

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

Yes, it is great to be able to afford different things. Good for you!

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 408
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 11,424
Amount Saved: $4,855.20
Life Gained:
Days: 45 Hrs: 23 Mins: 17 Seconds: 33

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11226

That's great Karren!

Another great reminder why quitting smoking is so worth it.

Your daughter is a lucky girl! No only does she have smart, healthy parents she has also got to travel due to your quit! Great!

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1843

Karren, what a wonderful way to use the money you saved from not smoking! I'm sure your daughter is having a wonderful learning experience! Congratulations to both you and Paul!
My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 8/20/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 662
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 26,480
Amount Saved: $6,620.00
Life Gained:
Days: 101 Hrs: 23 Mins: 7 Seconds: 15

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 984

Karren, that's a fantastic story and a lovely tribute to your daughter's future. I'm sure every experience she's having is that much richer knowing what it comes from and what a true gift you are giving her.

Thanks for sharing this!

x T

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1259
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 28,957
Amount Saved: �7,963.18
Life Gained:
Days: 112 Hrs: 8 Mins: 32 Seconds: 33

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1080

Many of my friends on here will know both my husband and I quit at more or less the same time. We both continue to bank our smokes money every week as if we were still buying the cigarettes. I bank £60.00 a week, which in US dollars is approximately $86.00 ( isn't that scary??) Even though the price of cigarettes has risen astronomically since we both quit, we bank what we 'used' to spend on cigarettes.

You may also know, our daughter has had to spend a year abroad as part of her University degree in Modern Foreign Languages/French/German. And had it not been for our combined 'smokes' money, we doubt we could have afforded her to take this special opportunity offered on her course. All her European expenses have been paid for from that ex smoking money, flights, accomodation, books etc, and both Paul and I have admitted that if we were still smokers we could not have found the extra money needed, especially as I have heard the price of a pack of cigarettes is now over £6.00 ($9.00)!

Thank goodness we quit when we did, besides the obvious health and social benefits the financial benefits for us have been enormous, and we are able to give our daughter the opportunities she deserves rather than apportion our finances on our selfish habit.

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 5/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 764
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 19,100
Amount Saved: $11,460.00
Life Gained:
Days: 93 Hrs: 6 Mins: 40 Seconds: 53

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