The Unexpected 'Advantages' of Smoking: A Humorous Take on Why It's Time to Quit

The main characters of the story are Mr. Cigarette and the readers. The sales talk from Mr. Cigarette was about the three advantages of smoking. We all know that smoking is bad for health, as there are only disadvantages. Now you want to know the three advantages.

The three advantages are:

The three advantages of smoking are: i) Dogs will run away from you. ii) Robbers will be afraid of you. iii) You will stay young forever. Now you are wondering how these three advantages could be related to smoking?

First, heavy smokers look horrible. Therefore, the dogs will run away from horrible people. Second, smokers always cough at night time. In that case, they will be staying awake for the whole night. So, the robbers dare not to enter the house. Lastly, smokers die at a young age. They have no chance to live older and hence they will stay young forever.

So, the moral of the story is to stop smoking. It is injurious to health.

Dear Tusha,

Informative posting - You can also add that by lighting a cigarette, one's life is reduced by one hour.

Regards,
L. Kumar

Hi Tusha,

You can add this as well:

Number of cigarettes per day: 5

Cost of one cigarette as of now: 3

Cost per day: Rs 15

Cost per year: Rs 5475

Assume he starts smoking at the age of 20.

Assume he smokes until he is 60 years old.

Total years: 40

Total amount spent in 40 years: 40*5475 = 219000/ (2.19 lakhs)

And this calculation is without price increase and without calculating the interest!

I quit smoking after calculating this... But don't ask me whether I have saved that much! (I was smoking three packets a day for ten years) haha!

Someone who wants to quit smoking, calculate... and decide.

Good work, Tusha.

Siva

Dear,

This is a good move by one of our dear friends. But don't try to quit smoking in 1 day; otherwise, you can't. So just take the first step to reduce smoking for 1 week and then in the second step, don't smoke for 1 day, and then try for the 2nd day and then see the result.

Sudepta Gouda :?

Hi,

A friend was advising his colleague on the ill effects of smoking. He asked him how many packets he smoked in a day. His friend replied, "10 packets." His second question was, "For how many years?" His colleague quickly replied, "For about 20 years."

The friend quickly calculated the cost and said it is more than 20 lakhs, and added, "If you were not smoking, the house across the street would have been yours."

The colleague looked at the house and said, "That house belongs to me."

Now it was the turn of the colleague to ask. He asked his friend, "Well, you are not a smoker, how many houses do you own?"

The friend replied after some hesitation, "None."

The moral of the story is, the only way to give up smoking is by STOPPING IT. You will never save the money that you were spending on cigarettes.

Cyril