Budgeting for cigarettes..

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Many of the 'facts' that have been given in this thread do not address the 'myth' that they are trying to debunk. e.g.

Myths about Smoking and Pregnancy
Myth: "It is less stressful on the baby for me to continue smoking."
Truth: Smoking during pregnancy does not help you or the baby.

The 'myth' is talking about stress levels, the 'truth' ignores the stress component and talks about 'help'. Quitting smoking can be extremely stressful for people and their families, just cos one person found it relatively 'easy' to quit does not mean that others are only going to face the same level of stress in their quit attempt.

Smoking is quite prevalent among those with mental health issues, and during quit attempts psychosis and anxiety have been shown to increase. Some people are biologically more likely to be addicted- there are physical or physiological factors that contribute to this. For some people, quitting smoking is going to cause all sorts of brain receptors to be agitated. The stress of quitting may be much greater than the stress of continuing to smoke even with the awareness of effects that it can have on mum and baby and the criticism that they will face from many.

I was quite disappointed in the 'facts' provided by the Smokefree Women website- almost all of the 'facts' did not address the 'myths'- it was just another 'we know best, listen to us' article rather than properly address the issues.

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ummmm so OP's question was about budgetting for cigs. and not the health implications of a mother smoking, Why are we so off track? this thread is not for that, if you cannot answer the OP's question then please refrain from posting in this thread