The answer to the famous "money" question; answered.

[iamnotavaper]

Hey all,

Just wanted to share. This month I hit the one year mark. One year free of analogs. I've been a long time lurker of this forum, and I know when I started vaping, one of the biggest questions was the economics of vaping versus smoking.

I decided tonight to crunch the numbers. I've saved every receipt for every vape related purchase I've ever made.

I should mention that I live in New York, where smoking cigarettes is inherently expensive. But, had I continued smoking in the last year, I would have spend $2,612.20. That is 15 cigarettes a day at roughly $.47 a cig.

In the last year I've spend $729.92 on vaping. This includes experimenting with new hardware, blowing chargers, trying different carts, accessories, and trying literally dozens of juices.

I'm pretty excited that I've managed to save $1,882.28 by quitting analogs. I'm equally excited that in the last year I've also smelled nice and felt a lot healthier.

So if your like me, lurking the forms, deciding whether or not you should make the switch, be encouraged. If for no other reason, do it to save money

Take care!

 

[Pappy]

Congrats on your 1 year anniversary, AND on saving a substantial sum of money. Sounds like a win-win to me!

 

[Miss Chris]

Good for you!! Congrats on the 1 year anniversary! Four weeks for me today and I'm already saving money, have pretty good set ups and plenty of juice for awhile. Woo Hoo!!!

 

[thinkingaboutit]

The money is secondary. Congrats on the health.

 

[Azhad]

Saving money?
This month alone I've spent 600€ in new vaping toys...

 

[KrasH]

Well i would be saving money if this did not become a hobby now, getting into collecting certain things and some of the technology. The joy of playing with something new or just trying a juice flavor you would normally never touch. I liked smoking, really enjoyed the activity of it, the taste while I was smoking...not the after smell or after taste, but I was a pack and half a day smoker at the worst of times. For me it is about the entire experience, started as just the health and dollar benefits.

Congratulations on your one year!!!!

 

[tnt56]

The money is secondary. Congrats on the health.

Agree with that.

 

[tnt56]

Congrat on the one year mark. That is fantastic and if i was there I would shake your hand. I'm proud of anyone that stops.

 

[spooty]

Congrats, I cant wait to be at that level. Im three weeks in and starting to get my sense of smell back. Analogs make me nauseous now :S

 

[adl]

Awesome. Congrats. I lurked and read for a year.

 

[bubbadreier]

Good job man! And it is nice to know you were able to save money in the long run!

 

[Cowan]

This is an amazing story and i also believe a key reason to why the ecig industry scares the 'ghosts' out of the tobacco industry.

People are becoming less dependent on 'sticks'.

Congrats on your growth from the bones and moving down on costs! Everyone should share such information on TV, motivate the world to move to vaping!

 

[atom48]

Congrats on the one year anniversary. I am amazed at the amount of money I've saved!! I'd be rich if I'd never started smoking!!

 

[RosaJ]

This is an amazing story and i also believe a key reason to why the ecig industry scares the 'ghosts' out of the tobacco industry.

People are becoming less dependent on 'sticks'.

Congrats on your growth from the bones and moving down on costs! Everyone should share such information on TV, motivate the world to move to vaping!

Big tobacco is not hurting as much as the government not getting the sin tax revenues and the big pharma not selling their patches, gum, chantix, etc.

Congratulations on your one year anniversary! Vape on...