My brother and I once figured out that our mother had spent roughly $35,000 on cigarettes -- and that was in 1966. Addictions are expensive.
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I quit smoking cigarettes when they went up to $1 a pack in the vending machines!!! God, I'm OLD!
sep 1, 2025, 6:23 pm • 1 0 • view
And although I did not smoke cigarettes, I can recall when they were $.35 in the vending machines. I guess that makes me ancient.🙄
sep 1, 2025, 6:33 pm • 1 0 • view
I was thinking about how much your mom had to smoke to spend that much money with it being in the 60s when cigarettes were that much a pack! I noticed when you posted it and I knew when I saw the date, she smoked a lot!
sep 1, 2025, 6:36 pm • 1 0 • view
I think she started when she was 20 (1936) and did not stop until 1976, so even by 1966 she spent a great deal. But went cold turkey at that point, although she did have pulmonary issues later on.
sep 1, 2025, 6:39 pm • 1 0 • view
You can't blame her for starting smoking back then. She was 20, it was 1936 and they didn't know it was unhealthy. She probably looked fabulous and fashionable!
sep 1, 2025, 6:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Cold turkey was the only way I ever quit anything. It takes more discipline to wean off something for me than to just turn the page and be done with it.
sep 1, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
She put a carton of Kents in a drawer, said it was there, and never had another. I give her credit for that.
sep 1, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
I get that. She was done. I didn't get rid of my liquor when I quit. I wasn't going to throw out good liquor! I might have guests!
sep 1, 2025, 7:06 pm • 1 0 • view
That took some will power to keep it around and not partake.
sep 1, 2025, 7:07 pm • 1 0 • view
It really didn't take any willpower at all. I was done.
sep 1, 2025, 7:14 pm • 2 0 • view