But even if a bloodbath did take place, it seems safe to say that the low-cost habit is now so firmly established in Europe that the days of rip-off airfares will never return.So much the worse, groan environmentalists, who complain that the spread of low-cost airlines is hugely polluting and a prime contributor to global warming.
High-cost habits are sticky; staff members are still learning the subtleties of unsticking them.
For years, filmmakers made a cost-effective habit of transporting natives from their reservations to use as extras, paying them in alcohol and tobacco.
And because his appetite was bottomless, his habit cost a lot.
At one movie a day, the cost of the habit drops to less than 30 cents a film.
And that was before he became a full-fledged alcoholic, and then a man whose cocaine habit cost five hundred dollars a week or more.
(In the film's wake, says Heineman, addicts and former addicts are among those who come to panel discussions, anxious to learn about the origins, and human cost, of their habit).
In his excellent 1946 essay, Books vs Cigarettes, George Orwell devised a rough calculation of how much his reading habit cost per year, concluding that he was forking out around £25 annually on reading material (according to my trusty inflation calculator, this works out at about £750 in today's money).
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In light of the surgeon general's recent report on secondhand smoke, it's clear that the smokers aren't the only ones who bear the cost of their habit, says a Duke University health policy researcher.
His habit cost him his job and put an enormous strain on his family.
