Yeah, a 20 pack is now well over a tenner. It’s great. I do not smoke at all in the uk now, where I currently predominantly live, as the cost is just nuts. £400

Yeah, a 20 pack is now well over a tenner. It’s great. I do not smoke at all in the uk now, where I currently predominantly live, as the cost is just nuts. £4000 a year or so if you’re on a pack a day, which is where most active smokers sit. I now vape, spend about £200 a year on it. I will confess that I do still smoke if I find myself in a country where vaping is illegal and the cigarettes are 50p a pack, as I am still a nicotine addict, but I would much rather vape. Cigarettes make my lungs hurt. Vaping doesn’t. So, unless it turns out that vaping is somehow worse than smoking, this is a resounding public health policy success. My behaviour and the scarcity of smoking you note underscores this.