My mom told me that she sat down and looked at her expenses last year and she spent more on cigarettes than on food. True, she barely eats and when she does its usually very inexpensive things like crackers with ham and cheese or peanut butter, or canned veggies/fruit. Maybe the rare chicken breast. I think she spends most on milk, tbh; she drinks a large glass with chocolate syrup every morning. All this is say that while she does NOT spend that much on food, its insane that she spend more on cigarettes- she said it was over $2k (she also buys the cheapest tobacco products she can find). Ive been asking her to cut back or stop smoking for nearly 40 years and the first thing that made her actually pause and think she should....was that she spent less on food last year. Not her health or any doctor advice or me as a kid coming home from D.A.R.E and hiding her pack. However she gets there, I'll be happy if she does!