You didn’t count eating times or something like a shower. So he either also smoked while eating or while showering, or never went without a cigarette
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Zombie@feddit.uk 13 hours agoThe standard cigarettes in the UK are 20 packs of Super King size. Assuming it’s the same in Japan:
At 24 hours in a day, 8 hours of sleep, that leaves 16 hours awake.
20 x 4 = 80 cigarettes
80 cigarettes in 16 hours is one every 12 minutes. Considering a cigarette takes about 5 minutes to smoke, that’s almost as much time with a cigarette as without. The entire time he’s awake.
And he thought he could just give that up for a jaunt in space? No wonder he hated it!
Lumisal@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Akasazh@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
What is the cost of a pack in Japan? When I quit I was at a pack a day, choosing me around 300 euro.
edit. The cost is around 5 dollar, so that’s 20 dollars a day just on smokes. Holy cow
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
If that sounds like a lot, it’s 12 euros in the Netherlands.
Akasazh@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Weet ik gozer ;)
That’s why kicking my pack a day habit three years ago was a wise financial decision.
9point6@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I definitely saw 500 yen packs on sale when I was there a couple of years ago, which would be about £2.30/$3.10
Given I think a 20 deck of cigs in the UK is about £12 now, it’s still crazy cheap to smoke out there comparatively, so I can only imagine it was even cheaper then
Akasazh@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Yeah it said 500-600 yen, but it converted it to 3-4 / 5-6 dollar. I just took the middle price.
Turns out it’s not like 4 dollars. It’s very cheap in comparison, however if you smoke that much it’s still costly.
9point6@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Oh yeah, 100% it’s an expensive habit whatever the unit price is.
I was just taken aback a bit as someone who had quit several years prior, that they could buy cigs in 2024 for half the price I was paying as a teenager two decades ago
DrBob@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
I used to smoke two packs a day sometimes - usually when I was out drinking in which case I was constantly smoking and up late.
I knew a 3 pack a day smoker. He managed it by always having a lit cigarette. But sometimes he’d forget about one in the ashtray and light another one. I saw him a few times forget about the second one in the ashtray and light a third.
It honestly seemed like a compulsive lighting habit, if he didn’t have one in his hand he’d light one without thinking about it before looking in the ashtray. You could get a carton (10 packs of 20) for $25 and I made around $8 an hour then.