Apply Online

1. To calculate the Real Cost of Smoking online, the applicant has to visit the following link apply online
2. Visit the link and answer the three questions listed in the page that opens.
3. The first question is about the number of cigarettes that the applicant smokes on an average day.
4. The next question is about the number of cigarettes in one pack and the final question is the cost of a single pack of cigarettes.
5. Provide the answers as applicable and the gradual breakdown of cost with respect to time will be displayed as a graph below the calculator.
6. There is no cost to be paid for using the calculator.

• Average No. of cigarettes smoked in a day
• No. of cigarettes in a pack
• Cost of a cigarette pack

Health Canada office,
Suite 710, Canada Place,
9700, Jasper Avenue,
Edmonton, AB
T5J 4C3
Telephone: 780-495-6815
Facsimile: 780-495-5551
Teletypewriter: 1-800-465-7735 (Service Canada)
website link,
Health Canada website
Contact link


General Inquiries
You can contact Health Canada for general enquiries in any one of the following ways:
By Mail:
Health Canada
Address Locator 0900C2
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
Email: hcinfo.infosc@canada.ca
Telephone: 613-957-2991
Toll free: 1-866-225-0709
Facsimile: 613-941-5366
Teletypewriter: 1-800-465-7735 (Service Canada)

Any person in Alberta, who wishes to calculate the cost that he/she spends on buying cigarettes, can use the calculator.

The service is free.

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• Average No. of cigarettes smoked in a day
• No. of cigarettes in a pack
• Cost of a cigarette pack

This Real Cost Calculator Tool enhances its users to know how much money they are spending on smoking and how much money they can save by quitting the habit.

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