Cost

The prospect of better health is a major reason for quitting, but there are other reasons, too.

Smoking is expensive. It isn't hard to figure out how much you spend on smoking. Click here to calculate the cost of smoking to see how much cigarettes cost you.

And this costs doesn't include other possible costs, such as higher costs for health and life insurance, and likely health care costs due to tobacco-related problems. For example, individual smokers average 31% higher healthcare costs than nonsmokers.

Adapted from information from the American Cancer Society.