If someone offers you $500 to quit smoking, would you take it?

First of all, I don't smoke. But if I do, I may not take the offer and quit. I just think it is a part of me, myself. I don't wanna change anything even if it is bad for my health.

I wouldn't take it coz i like smoking,people don't need an incentive to quit,if you want to quit then just don't buy anymore.The only times i gave up was when i was pregnant,it was easy,i just didn't have one

in some instances, bad habits such as smoking are such a difficult habit to kick out from our familiar system. however, there are also instances where sanctions and incentives are successful in changing our lifestyles. sanctions work in an environment where compliance is mandatory and rewarded. for example, smokers will be given a fine if caught in public. incentives also work if the reward is higher than the satisfaction of smoking. well, $500 may be satisfying for some to give up smoking. but there is a need to sustainably reward the non-smoking effort. in my case, i will take the $500 and stop smoking. it is easy for me because i hardly smoke nowadays.

hahahah it's funny in a way since one of my brother in law offered me something just for me to stop smoking and we are into that deal now it does not involve money though but if he is successful on that particular task then I will have to quite smoking. Well in this case if I was being offered $500 just to quit smoking I really dont know if I would be able to stop though but if it was not a money prize and something more likely i take one bad habit and you take one habit too then I guess I will take the offer.