20-a-day smokers cough up €3k a year

IT COSTS almost e3,000 a year to maintain a 20-a-day cigarette habit, more than enough to pay for the holiday of a lifetime.

The Irish Cancer Society says quitting on Ash Wednesday — National No Smoking Day, is not only good for people’s health, it’s good for their wealth too.

And, in these recessionary times, people want to dramatically increase their savings instead of seeing their hard-earned cash go up in smoke.