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Cost of a 1 pack a day habit, by state, at 100% of FPL
Originally posted in GD, but it is about frugality.
Explanation; in Illinois (for instance) a one-pack-a-day habit costs a two-person household earning $15,500 (100% of Federal Poverty Level) 54% of their income.
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Cost of a 1 pack a day habit, by state, at 100% of FPL (Original Post)
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2013
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Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)1. That is pretty incredible.
It certainly has gotten expensive to smoke.
phylny
(8,380 posts)2. It's a shame. I work with a lot of low income families and some of them smoke.
I bite my tongue, but I think of all the things they might have if they quit. As a former smoker, I know it's not easy to quit.
Kaleva
(36,298 posts)3. I was a two pack a day person.
I gave up on name brand cigarettes awhile ago when I went on disability. There was no way I could afford that on an income of a little over 1k a month. so I smoked dirt cheat Murano filtered little cigars ($1.46 a pack) until I quit for good earlier this year.