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Quit smoking calculator — money saved, health milestones on your dates, and your quit plan

Short answer. Put in cigarettes a day, the price of a pack and your quit date: you get the money saved and the WHO health milestones on your own calendar. Within 20 minutes: Heart rate and blood pressure drop (WHO).

  • 2 weeks smoke-free — circulation and lung function start to improve (WHO: 2–12 weeks): type the date
  • 1 month smoke-free — coughing and shortness of breath start to decrease (WHO: 1–9 months): type the date
  • 1 year smoke-free — coronary heart disease risk about half a smoker’s (WHO): type the date

Check your own case.

Dates are your quit date plus the start of each WHO period. They are milestones, not deadlines — everyone’s body is different.

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Quit smoking calculator

How much you save — and what happens to your body, date by date

Three numbers and your quit date. You get the money saved in a week, a month, a year and 5 years, and the WHO health milestones on your own dates.

  1. Put the money you no longer spend into your ipon — the challenge splits a year of savings into weeks.
  2. Fill in My Quit Plan below: your date, your reasons, your triggers and what you will do instead. Sign it and tell one person.
  3. Call the DOH Quitline 1558 — quit coaches help for free. Ask your doctor before using any quit-smoking medicine.

Money: cigarettes a day × price of one cigarette (pack price ÷ cigarettes in a pack); a year is 365 days, a month 365/12 days. Health milestones: World Health Organization, «Tobacco: Health benefits of smoking cessation» (25 February 2020); the date shown is your quit date plus the start of each period. Quitline: DOH 1558. This page does not replace a doctor.

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Give me three numbers and a date, and I will put your savings and your milestones on a calendar.

Write down why you quit. On a hard day, read it.

An illustrated character, not a lawyer.

Deadlines

The rules, with the source

WhatDeadlineSource
Within 20 minutesHeart rate and blood pressure dropWHO
12 hoursCarbon monoxide in the blood drops to normalWHO
2–12 weeksCirculation improves and lung function increasesWHO
1–9 monthsCoughing and shortness of breath decreaseWHO
1 yearRisk of coronary heart disease is about half that of a smokerWHO
5–15 yearsStroke risk falls to that of a non-smokerWHO
10 yearsLung cancer risk falls to about half that of a smoker; risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix and pancreas decreasesWHO
15 yearsRisk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smokerWHO

The timeline is quoted from the World Health Organization. At 10 cigarettes a day and ₱150 a pack, that is ₱75 a day — ₱27,375 a year. The money is simple arithmetic with your own numbers.

Step by step

What to do, in order

  1. 1

    Pick your date

    A day within the next two weeks — not a stressful one.

  2. 2

    See what you save

    The calculator shows a week, a month, a year and 5 years, with a chart.

  3. 3

    Write your plan

    Your reasons, your triggers and what you will do instead — in the plan below.

  4. 4

    Tell one person and sign

    Ask them to sign as your supporter.

  5. 5

    Call for help

    DOH Quitline 1558 — free counselling by quit coaches.

  6. 6

    Move the money

    Put what you no longer spend into savings each week.

Questions

How much money will I save if I quit smoking?

Cigarettes a day × price of one cigarette × days. At 10 cigarettes a day and ₱150 a pack, that is ₱75 a day — ₱27,375 a year.

What happens after 20 minutes, 12 hours and 1 year?

WHO: within 20 minutes heart rate and blood pressure drop; at 12 hours carbon monoxide in the blood drops to normal; at 1 year the risk of coronary heart disease is about half that of a smoker.

Should I use nicotine patches or medicine?

Ask your doctor or the quitline — this page does not give medical advice.

Official sources

Step 1 of 2

From quitting to savings

  1. 1 Quit plan and money saved
  2. 2 Save it (ipon challenge)

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Letters, receipts and notices in one folder you can share with family or a lawyer. The templates and the editor are free; Layers is free for up to 20 people.

This is a savings calculation and a personal plan. It does not replace a doctor; ask a doctor before using any quit-smoking medicine.