Major jealousy lol....
I myself have been spending way more than I did when I smoked, but I'm only about one month in, and like another poster mentioned, still in search of my perfect vape. I've also taken to it as more of a hobby too as well as opposed to when I smoked, it being a thing I had to buy or someone was going get their eyes clawed out. When I smoked, it simply was what it was, whereas with this, I love the excitement of trying new flavors and tinkering with new things, or collecting interesting accessories (like what I hope to be the first of many Trippy Tips that I got recently). There are so many more options and interesting things to do with vaping that I think it really can range from being more affordable if you just stick with the basics to costing more if you make it a full on hobby and and go all out. With analogs I bought what I needed, with this I buy what I want.