Ego Twist 650 (or smaller)- $20 or less
Kanger Evod for your Clearomizer -$5-6 each
Charger- $4
Juice- $4-10
Altogether, you should never have to spend more than $30-40 the first time if you're not buying a lot of juice. . It's almost always cheaper to ignore the "starter packs" and just buy everything seperately (the only exception being if you add a charger with your battery option) They will always try and upsell the starter packs to you but they are overpriced and really kind of unnecessary if you know what to get.
I bought a cigarette looking ecig at first five years ago, but I'm sorry to say, in my experience I was so frustrated with it's lacking delivery of nicotine. You can't continuously puff on it, and it's ridiculously expensive replacing cartridges that inevitably burn out, so I started smoking again almost immediately.. That was until I met a friend who had an Ego Twist. I've been using the Ego Twist batteries since I quit 10 months ago after smoking heavily for almost 15 years, and I LOVE the change. Looking back, for me the Cigarette diameter sized ones would just have never delivered enough nicotine or quickly enough for me to quit. It seems like you'd need 18mg-24mg, if you start with 18mg, and you feel like you're withdrawing at all don't be ashamed to move it up to 24mg. The charge on an Ego lasts for at least a day with the 650Mah, about 2-3 days with the 1110Mah depending on your usage instead of a few hours. The 1100 is really pretty long and was too conspicuous for me, but it lasts forever. Since the 650 lasts a whole day, and the 400Mah being slightly shorter, I'd say go with one of those.
The clearomizer/cartomizer that you use is important; unlike the smaller cig sized cartridges, these last for quite a long time. I started with the Vision ce4 Rebuildable clearomizer, if you don't mind the upkeep and that they hold a little less Juice they are good, they are also streamlined and pretty inconspicuous.. that said, I recently switched to the Kanger Evod, and I am totally converted. (The Kanger T3 is larger to hold more liquid and therefore will be too big diameter-wise, if you're looking for a streamlined look). I think they would be better than the Ce4 Clearos for a new user, I kind of wish I had started with them! They never leak as the Vision Clearomizer can when upside down, and because it holds slightly more juice you won't have to fill it so much. They also seem to give a lot more vapor and they are very easy to maintain, since they have a bottom coil instead of a top coil you don't have to dry burn and clean them like with the Visions.
To order my battery, if it's a 650 I go to
http://Sweet-Vapes.com(they have great Customer Service, Warranties and are a Genuine Brand Reseller. They also have the best tasting flavors just in my opinion.) If S-V's juices are a little pricey -
VapeDudes.com - is Kosher and also good with lots of variety). Both sites have a few Tobacco flavors and a variety of others, all of which that I've tried (especially S-v) tasted on the mark. Though I've only tried a few, the flavors were good here;
http://VaperSociety.com has 40% off your first purchase. Vape Dudes has a one time 40% off, but it's a limited lottery that resets at 8am and can be hard to get. Beware sites that seem too low-priced and don't state exactly what they put in their juice, it should only be the very basic ingredients; VG/PG, Natural flavoring, and Nicotine.
If you want the bigger 1200Mah Ego Twist, this is the only site that has them for only $20 instead of $27-
http://FreE-Cigs.com However, this site has OFF BRAND on their other tech, so I stay away from items except the Battery as Generic brand Cartos seriously break easily and/or quickly. They have good customer service as well as a 30 day Warranty on the Batteries.
It is always good to have an extra battery, even the $10 Smaller Egos (the smaller ones don't come as a Twist) last between 12-48 hours, make a great backup and they are only about 3 inches long!. (including the Battery and the Top holding your juice it's about 5 or 6 inches long). For your Kanger or whichever Clearo/Carto you decide to use, It's good to have two, I keep one flavor in each. Good luck, hope that helps!