Feed him baked beans on toast and tell him you can't afford the luxury of 'meat' because you need to budget for his ciggies
That wont work. I'm on bed rest so he has to do the shopping and he does most of the cooking.. Actually maybe him doing the shopping will at least let him see that living isn't cheap.

Perhaps buy a blank exercise book, label each page for each week and on each page write down the income for that week then get him to work out how the bills are going to be paid and when and get him to write it down in the book on the allocated page. Once he sees in front of him that you both can't afford to maintain his cigarettes and drinks it may help. Let him see clearly that your expenses are more than your income. Good luck Hun.
Again hard to do.. He earns different amounts each week which makes it hard to budget. His work is up and down ATM which is what stresses me. At least when we had my income it was stable and I could budget that, but that's gone now

For me I would see it as an addiction, so I begrudgingly budget accordingly. It sucks but he will not give up or even cut down until he is ready.
I agree. I know he wont give up, I just wish he would buy cheaper smokes. Or when we are at the end of the pay week, buy rollies or something!! Why buy the most expensive cigarettes??

Thanks for the advice. I think I just need to know I am not alone in my frustration lol