A Mathematician`s view with an Economist eye to tackle Tobacco Epidemic.

Posted on 05 March 2009 by arunantonylawrence@yahoo.co.in

Imagine a person ( Indian) who smokes 2 packets of cigarettes per day , he continues smoking for 15 yrs and finally he dies due to some tobacco related diseases.

Can you guess roughly how much money he would have spend for buying cigars during this period ??? 

It comes to around  273750  rupees. 

1 pkt = Rs. 25

So 2 pkts for 1 year = 50 * 365 = 18250 rupees.

so for 15 yrs  = 273750 rupees.

Do you know the gravity of this amount ?????

This much amount is sufficient for a 4 membered family to get rice   for around 100 years .

for a 4 membered family , cost of  rice per day = Rs.7.5  (for 0.5  kg)

for 1 year it is  = 7.5 *365 =  2737.5 rupees.

so with 273750 they can live around 273750 /2737.5 =  100yrs

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1 Comments For This Post

  1. yommydanty@yahoo.co.uk Says:

    wow! What a great idea! This is a great idea for advert and advocacy or what do you think?

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