"How much would I save if I quit?" is the question almost everyone asks before taking the leap, and the mental answer is almost always underestimated: most smokers think in packs, not in years.
The basic math: simpler than it looks
The savings calculation comes down to one formula: (cigarettes smoked per day ÷ 20) × price per pack. For someone smoking 15 cigarettes a day with an 11€ pack, that's 8.25€ a day, roughly 3,011€ over a single year.
Why that number explodes over time
That yearly figure, impressive as it is, only tells part of the story. Over 5 years, the same 8.25€ a day adds up to more than 15,000€. Over 10 years, more than 30,000€, without even accounting for a possible rise in cigarette prices. The full year-one breakdown covers the basics; the real effect only shows up once it's projected over several years.
A simulator to see your own number, live
Instead of guessing, just enter your own consumption, your own pack price, and the number of years you want. StopLaClope's savings simulator recalculates the amount in real time with every slider move, with a chart showing the progression year by year.
What that money actually represents
An abstract number rarely convinces anyone. The simulator automatically converts the amount saved into concrete equivalents: a flight Paris › New York (450€), a new phone (800€), a guitar (1,100€). For someone smoking a pack a day at 11€, five years smoke-free represents more than 25 new phones, or close to 45 round trips Paris › New York.
A number that becomes real once you actually quit
A projection stays theoretical until it's lived. That's exactly what changed for Marie, who chose to track her savings day by day instead of discovering an abstract total at year's end: her full story is here. Watching the counter climb in real time, instead of imagining a distant number, changes how progress actually feels.
