Susan

Susan, age 63, realised whilst going through her smokefree journey just how much money she was spending on cigarettes a week.

Since I quit smoking, I've come to realise just how much smoking was costing me!

At the beginning of my quit, I recognised that within my purse, I still had a ten-pound note from whenever I had last withdrawn a sum of money. Even though this isn't uncommon for me to have money, it made me think that normally this would have been spent without question on cigarettes, thats £70 a week and I'd have nothing to show for it.

I managed to keep this £10 note for nearly 4 weeks before spending it on something other than cigarettes I'm glad to report!

For me, I used this £10 note as a benchmark to keep focused during those difficult few weeks during the start of the program.

I'm now 4 weeks quit and going strong.

There are many ways we can help:

Quit online - https://yorkshiresmokefree.nhs.uk/pages/quit-online

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Visit our frequently asked questions section to find out more: https://yorkshiresmokefree.nhs.uk/frequently-asked-questions