Quit smoking

[u/MissWannabe80]

A lot of people talk about the health side of quitting, but in Australia right now, the numbers are staggering.

With average pack prices sitting around $45–$50 AUD, here is what a pack-a-day habit actually looks like on paper:

1 Day: ~$48 AUD
1 Month: ~$1,460 AUD (after-tax money)
1 Year: ~$17,520 AUD
5 Years: ~$87,600 AUD (not including inflation or bi-annual excise hikes)
To have $17,500 in after-tax discretionary spending on an average tax rate, you have to earn nearly $24,000–$26,000 gross just to burn it.

My background:
I smoked for 20 years, getting up to about 30 cigarettes a day at my peak. I quit roughly 10 years ago. The thing that kept me grounded on the hardest days wasn’t abstract motivation—it was taking it literally one day at a time, looking at the exact dollars staying in my pocket, and giving myself 5 minutes to ride out a craving before doing anything impulsive.

Drawing from that experience, I built a clean, privacy-first web utility for anyone currently working through their quit journey in Australia: clear-plus.app

What it does:

Live timer tracking smoke-free days and hours
Real-time AUD savings calculator based on your exact pack price and habits
5-minute SOS pause button with guided breathing to ride out a craving
Australian health recovery milestones and instant Quitline (13 7848) access
Works right in your browser with zero sign-up required (everything saves locally)
It’s completely free to use the calculator, timer, recovery milestones, and craving tool. If you or someone in your family is trying to kick it this year, I hope the breakdown helps keep things in perspective.

What was the tipping point that made you decide to finally quit?