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March the 11th sees the 25th anniversary of No Smoking Day, a day of national recognition and support for those who hope to try and give up. Over the past 25 years the campaign has grown from an awareness day organized through a group of people with an interest in health, to becoming a fully registered charity in 1991, and onward to employing a full-time staff and becoming one of the best-known days of its type.

In light of the ongoing global economic difficulties and the ‘credit crunch’, this year the campaign is more geared towards how smokers can save money when they give up - alongside the well-known health benefits.

So how can giving up smoking at this time aid you save money?

The first financial saving to consider, is what you might save on a day to day, week to week, or year to year basis, whenever you were to give up smoking now. According to ‘myfinances’, the average packet of cigarettes costs $5.67 in the UK. Whenever we assume that the mediocre smoker gets through a packet a day, a week of non-smoking will save you $39.69; a month of non-smoking will save you in the region of $177.75 - yet over an entire year you will be set to save a massive $2,069.55.

It is fair to acknowledge that not everyone who wants to give up smokes $5.67 worth of cigarettes everyday, but throughout these times of belt-tightening and cutting back, the prospect of saving over a thousand pounds after a year of non-smoking must sound tempting to anybody.

However, savings from giving up smoking don’t stop with the cost of cigarettes. As life insurance companies become more and more competitive although frugal customers threaten to cancel their policies, now is the best-time for non-smokers to benefit from slashed monthly premiums in comparison to their smoking peers. Savings of up to 50 percent on payments can be made for non-smokers, whilst comparison website ‘moneysupermarket’ estimate a 30 year-old male smoker will spend over $8,000 more on life cover than a non-smoker of the same age.

The financial benefits of giving up approximately the 11th March go even further although. With the growth of No Smoking Day year on year, many businesses, including supermarkets and shops, have tried to get a piece of the action. Supermarket giant, Asda is discounting prices of nicotine patches and gum in an offer to aid their visitors stop at this time. It certainly seems that, in terms of saving money from stopping smoking, 2009 may well be the perfect year to give it a try.

Uchenna Ani-Okoye is an internet marketing advisor

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