Is the e-cig "worth it"... Financially?

[THE]

To me, it'd be worth thousands of dollars to save my lungs and the rest of my body from cancer, being and feeling sick, having less energy and stamina, a house and car full of toxic smoke, having to go outside when it's -6 or 110, smelling horrible, not having a good sense of smell or taste, having nicotine stained clothing everywhere and all of that...

But for those who don't care about any of that and want to scream if e-smoking costs a dollar more..

My sister and brother in law smoke inexpensive $4/pack cigarettes.. One a day each.
That is $240/month.. Even if they had to replace a jumbo battery.. once a week.. if they both had to do that.. $40x4=$160 ..

Then there's the minimal cost of $1-$2 cartomizers which last a nice long time OR $8 atomizers which last a long time, too... and some liquid we can make ourselves with minimal effort and hardly any cost. I don't see how it could possibly come up to being even $50 for a month. The cost of charging our batteries isn't enough to even mention. It could be a few cents in a months time.

That right there tells me that it can't possibly cost as much as smoking .. Even if we had to fully replace our e-smoking equipment every week.

I think that it could even be less than people spend on "roll your own"s, since we're obviously not going to have to replace batteries every week. That's just an extreme example where it STILL wouldn't cost as much as "inexpensive" cigarettes.

What if you smoke real cigarettes like I use to?
$7/pack x 30 days = $210 for one person.
If I had to buy a new jumbo battery once a week I'd spend $80
Throw in some cartomizers and liquid, say another $40 a the outside.. And I'm still right around half of the cost.

Let's say I smoked $4/pack cigarettes .. $120/mo
I could STILL afford to buy a new battery every week, instead.

What if someone rolls their own.. You end up spending, let's be conservative and say $1/pack ... A pack a day = $30 a month .. Now here in the real world a battery should last a good solid average of three months..

So in three months on home made cigarettes you're spending $90 as opposed to spending $20 on a battery plus whatever the cartos and liquid costs. That'd put it pretty close, I think.

 

[jayhawk]

I've said it before that even if e cigs cost twice as much as anologs it would be worth every dime !!! Nice post it really puts the cost into perspective

 

[THE]

I've said it before that even if e cigs cost twice as much as anologs it would be worth every dime !!! Nice post it really puts the cost into perspective

Hello Kansas City.. Wish I could drive up and play some cards, today!!

I couldn't agree more.. There's no price one could put on having a free pass on addiction... Addiction costs most of us our quality of life, causes us to offend or harm others and ultimately our very lives are taken. Addiction consumes everything around it and ultimately its host.

With these little vaporizers we're escaping the horrible part of our addiction while still fulfilling it.. We have the same (and more) pleasure, which I believe is devoid in most cigarette smoking anyway, we're not depriving ourselves of what we crave, and we're not destroying our lives any more.

It's an actual miracle.

 

[Automaton]

Worth it? Sure.

But I couldn't be happier that a competitive market is pushing the price down, and that communities like this have places for trade and PIF. Because if that wasn't the case, I couldn't afford it.

I first heard of e-cigs over a year ago, and didn't buy one, because at that point they were more expensive, and I couldn't afford it.

Even as cheap as e-cigs have gotten, and how much cheaper having this community has made it, I can still barely afford it. It will be another month before I break even, because I smoked bulk tobacco rollies.

E-cigs, in terms of benefit, are priceless. But the great vendors and the great communities that exist and want to make them more accessible are equally as invaluable to me, and lots of other young 'n' broke people like me.

Demographically, smokers are mostly rich, or poor. The middle class has some of the lowest smoking rates. And it's great to finally see e-cigs reaching the point where the latter demographic can afford to try them.

And having said all that, I'd like to thank this community for not only steering me in the right direction so I didn't have to make a costly mistake, but also for helping me out when I was in crisis with vet bills and couldn't afford cartos.

Everyone got together and helped out my broke .... And I'm trying my best to give back now that the financial pressure I'm under isn't quite as brutal.

Thanks, everyone.

 

[THE]

Worth it? Sure.

But I couldn't be happier that a competitive market is pushing the price down, and that communities like this have places for trade and PIF. Because if that wasn't the case, I couldn't afford it.

I first heard of e-cigs over a year ago, and didn't buy one, because at that point they were more expensive, and I couldn't afford it.

Even as cheap as e-cigs have gotten, and how much cheaper having this community has made it, I can still barely afford it. It will be another month before I break even, because I smoked bulk tobacco rollies.

E-cigs, in terms of benefit, are priceless. But the great vendors and the great communities that exist and want to make them more accessible are equally as invaluable to me, and lots of other young 'n' broke people like me.

Demographically, smokers are mostly rich, or poor. The middle class has some of the lowest smoking rates. And it's great to finally see e-cigs reaching the point where the latter demographic can afford to try them.

And having said all that, I'd like to thank this community for not only steering me in the right direction so I didn't have to make a costly mistake, but also for helping me out when I was in crisis with vet bills and couldn't afford cartos.

Everyone got together and helped out my broke .... And I'm trying my best to give back now that the financial pressure I'm under isn't quite as brutal.

Thanks, everyone.

Don't feel bad.. I've had money problems from hell on and off for several years, now.
It's all my fault.
I'm a money maker when I want to be.
Right now I've backed myself into a pointed corner. It's horrible.

But it's all about attitude. Stay positive and move forward however you can, every day. It'll be alright Being human sucks some times ... but sometimes it doesn't, too

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

I could vape for a month with about $50. Buy a 2oz doubler and a 48mg nic from TV and 2 packs of 510 cartos somewhere else. Make 3oz of 12ish mg nic, vape no more than 3ml a day and use each carto 3 days. Juice + cartos + shipping = roughly $50

Of course, this is all assuming for that month I don't have to replace any batts. But...you get the picture...it can be done for much less than my $150 a month cigarette habit.

 

[THE]

I could vape for a month with about $50. Buy a 2oz doubler and a 48mg nic from TV and 2 packs of 510 cartos somewhere else. Make 3oz of 12ish mg nic, vape no more than 3ml a day and use each carto 3 days. Juice + cartos + shipping = roughly $50

Of course, this is all assuming for that month I don't have to replace any batts. But...you get the picture...it can be done for much less than my $150 a month cigarette habit.

I believe that it easily can be done..
And that's great because I wanted to try and subsidize the cost for my sister/brother in law but it looks like I won't have to

Especially since he just got a promotion... GO JUMBO!!!
He's a helluva guy, actually LIKE my brother in law.

 

[LiFeJunKie]

I smoked 2 1/2 packs a day at $6 a pack so the math is easy for me.

 

[THE]

I smoked 2 1/2 packs a day at $6 a pack so the math is easy for me.

I'll never forget when I was a drunk and plowing through half a carton a day.. I think they were only costing me something in the high twenties to low thirties, but my god... A carton every second day even at $20 would be $300/mo

I just can't even believe it was me buying alcohol several handles at a time and cigarettes several cartons at a time... if I did all of that now, I'd be dead in a week. Dead. I just can't handle that much anymore. Two packs a day would kill me. Being use to vaping, ONE pack in a day would make me deathly ill!!

The craziest part about when I was a drunk is that I still can't remember where my money was coming from. But all of my bills were paid and I had plenty of everything.... I quit for almost two years COMPLETELY and in that two years my financial life went to HELL. I'm baffled to death by that.

 

[Knifemaker]

I went from 2 pack's a day at 4.00+ to bulk rolling. Then the Wise State of Texas decide to increase the cost of bagged tobacco from 14.00-18.00 to 40-50.00 a bag. Add the cost of the filtered tubes at 3 bucks a carton and it went thru the roof again.

Cartons of factory cig's were apx. 240.00 a month.
Roll my own apx. 118.00 a month.

Last month, I spent 10.00 bucks on juice, and it lasted a month and a half. So no more than 7.00 a month. My atty's have lasted for 6 mon's so far.

I started using the XL atty and cart on the EGO and it about doubled the juice consumption, so 14-16.00 a month in juice.

Fast forward. I just ordered a PureSmoker V-3. No doubt it will use more juice. BUT, still way cheaper that regular cig. Not to mention that my trouble sleeping from all the noise my lungs made. (COPD), has completely gone away. They have no doubt saved my life and given me years of useful life back.

And the Bureaucrats want to ban them! Bunch of CS's!

 

[StDoodle]

I've also been in a fairly unpleasant financial situation as of late, so I sat down and did the math on e-cigs vs. my previous RYO habit. While I don't use the cheapest RYO tobacco out there, the price difference between "premium" RYO tobacco & the cheap stuff is fairly minimal compared to the difference between any RYO & manufactured cigarettes. My results showed that using e-cigs would be slightly cheaper than my RYO habit; not a significant difference, but still some money saved. The major catch, of course, is that a decent chunk of the costs for e-cigs is up-front (equipment). In the short term, buying e-cigs is more expensive during the week or two you get started by a fair amount. But even after the first month, I find it noticeably cheaper than my old habit, and would imagine it is significantly cheaper than buying manufactured cigs. Of course, one can always treat this like a hobby in addition to a habit, and it is certainly possible to spend more, but if money is the chief concern I'd say go for it as soon as you can make the up-front investment.

 

[oettinger]

For me, it is not even a comparison. I smoked 2.5 packs a day for 18 years.

PLUS, I could only smoke my "same brand" which never went on sale, and was costing me up to 6.35 per pack until the day I quit, and I live in Florida, where taxes are relatively low. I could not force myself to "roll my own" or buy the cheapo 305 or remington smokes, I would rather spend the money for the ones I liked, than puke and cough by smoking the crappy cigarettes, so all in all, I was spending ALMOST $500 a month on smokes. I could buy 10 eGo's a month for that amount... sad really I vape about 3ml a day, so a $15 bottle of juice lasts me 10 days as opposed to the same spent on cigs a DAY.

Way cheaper for my 2.5 pack a day habit.

 

[DC2]

Electronic cigarettes are far cheaper than real ones.
End of story.

Okay, so I guess I have to explain that.
So not really end of story yet.

If you are happy with what you have, you save $$$$$$$ for sure.
If you chase the elusive "perfect vape" you may not save much money at all though.

Sometimes it does take some investment to find what really works for you.
And then the savings will kick in big time.

Unless of course you still are not satisfied with being satisfied, and keep on chasing.

 

[ec!gg]

I agree. If you maintain your e-cig and look at the long term costs, ecigs are much more cost effective.

 

[whiskey]

OP,I told someone once, to ask themselves that after paying for a lung transplant..they didn't reply

 

[oettinger]

I smoked 2 1/2 packs a day at $6 a pack so the math is easy for me.

Have a nice day!

I LOVE Bon Jovi

 

[THE]

OP,I told someone once, to ask themselves that after paying for a lung transplant..they didn't reply

Sounds like something I'd say

 

[whiskey]

I say yes & then some..have you priced out Medical lately??Lung transplants, copd meds????

 

[THE]

I say yes & then some..have you priced out Medical lately??Lung transplants, copd meds????

I'd rather die than go through a lung transplant.
I don't have a long life because I'm born with a dead kidney, half of the other one does not function and the good half has benign tumors all over it ... My sister thinks she's going to "give " me one.... But hell no when it is my time, I am going to rest and rest and rest

I should make something like 35-40
Supposed to not have red meat, pop, coffee, alcohol, tea, salt, no smoking or even nicotine.. If I did all of that I'll make a good 40, probably.

Not suicidal at all, just never liked being human anyway

I see what it is like for people who have transplant this and transplant that.. they go through just hell.

And then imagine a SMOKER getting a transplant lung while someone who didn't destroy themselves needs a lung and doesn't get one... That would be an injustice of the most egregious order.

 

[THE]

I can just see some doctor trying to tell me they were going to put a new lung in me after I smoked mine out... I'd look at him like this

, you must be crazy!!

LOL