According to the CDC, 15.1% of all U.S. adults age 18 and over were current cigarette smokers as of 2015. Of those 36.5 million Americans, more than 16 million cigarette smokers are living with a smoking-related disease. As if the physical harm cigarettes causes wasn't enough of a reason to quit, the financial costs are also astronomical. The CDC estimates the total economic cost of smoking in the United States is upwards of $300 billion a year, this includes medical bills for smoking-related diseases. With these stats in mind, here are 29 things you can do instead of smoking cigarettes.
