I live in tax happy Canada and I was smoking 2 packs a day for over 40 years at $12 ....YES TWELVE DOLLARS per pack I loaded up with starter kits then mods and toys then I started making my own juice so loaded up on all that. Then I bought a treadmill a bicycle and jogging shoes ( you know the things that I couldn't use while smoking) and vaping still is way cheaper for me. Even if it cost more I would still do it.
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I only spend $50 a month on smoking. I roll my own, and I've gotten to be pretty expert at making a dollar stretch.
Rolling papers - $2 per pack X 3 per week.
Slim filters - $3.50 per baggie X 2 per month.
And then the real clever bit...
I buy Danish bulk tobacco that is marketed as "pipe tobacco," but it's actually cut a bit thinner so it works for rolling cigarettes too. Why do they do that? Because pipe tobacco taxes are much lower than cigarette tobacco taxes.
So I get $8 per 2oz X 2 per month.
Total - $50 per month.
Am I going to save money when I get my own e-cig? Probably not. Or at least, not very much.
But maybe I'll be able to sing again.
I don't mind spending just as much money as I do on smoking. The money doesn't matter that much to me, especially since, for a fairly heavy smoking habit, it's a very small amount of money.
But the real benefit of getting off ciggies is pretty priceless.
I'm 21, and smoking is already destroying my gums. I brush, floss, and rinse 3 times a day, and I'll still start losing my teeth before I'm 30 if I don't stop. I got pneumonia for the first time in my life. I also started getting chronic tonsillitis, with no history of childhood tonsil problems. I wake up coughing. I've lost an octave of my singing range.
Is getting my health back worth $50 a month to me?
Are you kidding?
Rolling papers - $2 per pack X 3 per week.
Slim filters - $3.50 per baggie X 2 per month.
And then the real clever bit...
I buy Danish bulk tobacco that is marketed as "pipe tobacco," but it's actually cut a bit thinner so it works for rolling cigarettes too. Why do they do that? Because pipe tobacco taxes are much lower than cigarette tobacco taxes.
So I get $8 per 2oz X 2 per month.
Total - $50 per month.
Am I going to save money when I get my own e-cig? Probably not. Or at least, not very much.
But maybe I'll be able to sing again.
I don't mind spending just as much money as I do on smoking. The money doesn't matter that much to me, especially since, for a fairly heavy smoking habit, it's a very small amount of money.
But the real benefit of getting off ciggies is pretty priceless.
I'm 21, and smoking is already destroying my gums. I brush, floss, and rinse 3 times a day, and I'll still start losing my teeth before I'm 30 if I don't stop. I got pneumonia for the first time in my life. I also started getting chronic tonsillitis, with no history of childhood tonsil problems. I wake up coughing. I've lost an octave of my singing range.
Is getting my health back worth $50 a month to me?
Are you kidding?
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