Electronic cigarette smoking (or “vaping”) is expensive to start but cheaper in the long run

While it’s true that the initial investment in electronic cigarettes is greater than that of buying a pack of traditional tobacco cigarettes, customers turn to e-cigarettes to save money over time. Plus, e-cigs are not taxed like cigarettes. 

E-cigarette starter kits can range from $30 to $100 at a retail e-cigarette shop. After the initial starter kit, e-juice (or e-liquid) refill tanks cost around $15 for a 20-milliliter bottle. According to the Wells Fargo Securities study, a refill bottle is equivalent to one to two packs of cigarettes. The tanks come in a variety of flavors, from nicotine to candy apple to chocolate.

Why Would I Choose Smokeless E-Cigarettes?

Whether you opt for a cartomizer containing e-liquid with nicotine or go for an adventurous chocolate flavor without the addictive substance, smoking smokeless e-cigarettes will leave you smelling clean and fresh — you’re smoking water vapor, not ingesting burnt paper and thousands of carcinogenic chemicals. Now your clothes and car won’t smell like cigarette smoke. No more lying to your family. No more hypocrisy in front of your children. Now you’re making a change. No more smoker’s breath and frantic trips to the store for gum before you get home. E-cigarettes contain no tar and create no ash, cigarette butts nor cigarette odors. They can also be smoked in many places where traditional cigarettes are banned. Check out an e-cigarette starter kit (this is an affiliate link to a high-rated and ethical e-cigarette brand, 180smoke) and say hello to your new life of freedom from the stain of cigarettes. If this enthusiastic phrasing doesn’t convince you of the benefit of switching to e-cigarettes, maybe the dollars in your pocket will.

Each cartomizer equals about a pack and a half of traditional cigarettes in smoke volume. This is a significant savings compared to the price of cigarettes in most states, according to theawl.com:

Here’s the current 2013 price of a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes, in bold, and also how the prices of cigarettes have changed since sumer 2012.

48. Kentucky (last year $6.56): $4.96 = -24%

47. North Dakota ($5.03): $5.04 = +.2%

46. West Virginia ($4.84): $5.07 = +5%

45. Oklahoma ($5.24): $5.19 = -.1%

44. Idaho ($5.11): $5.25 = +3%

43. Missouri ($5.87): $5.25 = -10%

42. Louisiana ($6.50): $5.33 = -18%

41. Oregon ($5.74): $5.35 = -7%

40. Wyoming ($5.21): $5.37 = +3%

39. Mississippi ($5.55): $5.45 = -2%

38. Nevada ($6.04): $5.50 = -9%

37. South Carolina ($6.25): $5.55 = -11%

36. Colorado ($5.19): $5.59 = +8%

35. Indiana ($5.56): $5.77 = +4%

34. Alabama ($5.18): $5.80 = +12%

33. Virginia ($5.43): $5.81 = +7%

32. Ohio ($5.67): $5.88 = 4%

31. Tennessee ($4.91): $5.89 = +20%

30. Georgia ($5.93): $5.93 = 0%

29. Minnesota ($5.96): $5.95 = -.2%

28. Florida ($6.29), Delaware ($6.10): $6.00 = -5%, -2%

27. North Carolina ($5.14): $6.03 = +17%

26. Nebraska ($5.99): $6.09 = +2%

25. Kansas ($6.47): $6.21 = -4%

24. Montana ($6.12): $6.25 = +2%

23. Arkansas ($7.10): $6.50 = -8%

22. New Hampshire ($4.86): $6.59 = +35%

21. Utah ($6.88): $6.64 = -3%

20. California ($6.45), South Dakota ($6.82): $6.77 = +5%, -.7%

19. New Mexico ($6.69): $6.91 = +3%

18. Michigan ($6.50), Pennsylvania ($6.93): $6.95 = +7%, +.3%

17. Maine ($6.97): $7.12 = +2%

16. Texas ($6.89): $7.24 = +5%

15. Iowa ($7.52): $7.25 = -4%

14. D.C. ($8.27): $7.89 = -5%

13. Maryland ($6.53): $7.93 = +21%

12. Wisconsin ($7.98): $8.11= +2%

11. Washington ($8.98): $8.31 = -7%

10. New Jersey ($8.00): $8.55 = +7%

9. Massachusetts ($8.49): $8.77 = +3%

8. Connecticut ($8.85): $9.30 = +5%

7. Vermont ($7.60): $9.52 = +25%

6. Rhode Island ($8.16): $9.56 = +17%

5. Alaska ($9.39): $9.59 = +2%

4. Arizona ($7.46): $9.65 = +29%

3. Hawaii ($10.22): $9.68 = -5%

2. Illinois ($10.25): $11.59 = +13%

1. New York ($12.50): $14.50 = +16%

Resources

Map of state cigarette tax rates in .pdf from TobaccoFreeKids.org.