Cigarettes in Australia are very expensive. One pack of tobacco products there costs almost $50 (about $48.70). It is therefore not surprising that in the era of raging inflation around the world, when one of the household members smokes, it may turn out to be a significant financial burden for the entire family budget.
“My husband refuses to give up cigarettes, which cost $450 a month, and forces me to choose between bills and food,” the article reads.
A woman complains about the rising cost of living while her husband spends hundreds of dollars a month on drugs. The worried mum posted a post to the popular “Mums on a budget” Facebook group, enclosing a breakdown of the marriage’s expenses. She also asked other members of the group for advice on how to reduce them.
She counted up her husband’s cigarette expenses. You can grab your head
The couple’s weekly costs included rent, gas, groceries, bills and more, while phone bills and insurance are paid monthly. My husband spent $113 a week on cigarettes ($452 a month).
I can’t make him quit
– wrote the wife.
If her husband quit smoking, the couple would save $5,424 a year, according to the author’s weekly statement, which could be spent on other expenses, put aside or invested, the Daily Mail points out.
According to the daily, more than 800 comments appeared under the post. The majority of Internet users advised the woman to persuade her husband to quit smoking, considering it an “obvious choice” in this situation. “No one needs them,” wrote one woman. “If ‘hubby’ switched to tobacco, it would drop to $75 a week,” noted another.
“I know you can’t force someone to stop smoking, but would you consider buying cheaper pipes?” another participant in the discussion asked.
In response to one of the comments, the author of the entry said that she would talk to him about limiting the number of packages purchased and the frequency of smoking.
The husband does not want to quit smoking, which is a burden on the family budget. “He earns 3 times more than me…”
I can’t help it and he doesn’t want to vape… and he earns three times as much as I do so…” she wrote. “But I will talk to him about the limitation anyway. Besides, I also have my flaws. I love food and cooking, and sometimes it’s not cheap.
Internet users quickly pointed out to her that she should not compare food, undeniably basic and necessary for the whole family, to the product of cigarettes.
I don’t think it’s fair to compare smoking to buying food for yourself and your kids just because you enjoy it
one mother remarked.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Source: Gazeta
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