Can I save money compared with smoking?

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Yes – if cigarettes are expensive where you live. Yes – if you were a heavy smoker, as there are economies of scale with e-cigarette use that cannot be obtained with cigarette purchase, since a carton of cigarettes costs the same however much you buy. Yes – mainly if you find good deals at suppliers, or get into DIY once you have sufficient background. Yes – if you don’t buy a lot of unnecessary equipment every month. The main benefit is that you are not now inhaling the 5,300 chemicals produced by burning plants and paper, not the cost savings – but for many people it can also be cheaper. Surveys suggest that the average e-cigarette user spends $45 a month on vaping supplies. If they were smoking one pack a day then the average cost might have been $150 a month. We think it is likely that the e-cig users in these surveys have under-reported their monthly spend by up to half, making the true figure more likely around $75 on average. This would mean vaping is costing them about half the cost of smoking. Individual costs vary according to numerous factors, and the cost of cigarettes varies. There are places where vaping costs more (like Korea) because cigarettes are cheap and e-cig supplies are heavily taxed. But in New York, where cigarettes may be $12 a pack, then vaping will be far cheaper.