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Tairawhiti District Health wants smokers to count the financial cost to their families of their addiction.
Tobacco control health promotion advisor Aporina Chapman says an average 10-a-day smoker is spending over $50 a week, $250 a month or $3000 a year on smoking.
That’s equivalent to a block of cheese and two litres of milk a day, a tank of petrol every week, or a trip to Australia and back for a family of four each year.
She’s encouraging smokers to use World Smokefree Day on May 31 to trade in the cigarettes for a full tank of gas and quit for the good of their whanau.
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