How Much Smoking Really Coasts

In the United States the average coast of a pack of smokes is about $4.35. If the average smoker smokes a pack a day, he or she will have spent $1,600 on cancer sticks in a year! Ridiculous.

So what would happen if you invested this cancer money? Let me show you.

Scenario #1 - Investing in a money market account with an annual yield of 4%:

Year	Balance
5	$ 9,014
10	$ 19,980
15	$ 33,322
20	$ 49,554
25	$ 69,302

Scenario #2 - Investing in a mutual fund with an annual yield of 8%:

Year	Balance
5	$ 10,138
10	$ 25,033
15	$ 46,920
20	$ 79,079
25	$ 126,331

Wow, don't you smokers feel like ass holes?