well, it's like this: i used to smoke and i was a heavy smoker (2 packs a day), therefore a carton just lasted me 5 days - so that would be 6 cartons a month at $40.00/carton, any way u look at it, that's $240.00 a month. so i justify my fabric spending, saying heck, i'm just spending my "cigarette" money. I just quit last year on June 8th after smoking for 50 plus years. so if any of yall want to quit smoking, just pm me and i'll tell you what philosophy i used to quit.