Vaping is a habit that has been widely adopted as an alternative to traditional smoking. Its popularity raises the question of comparative cost between these two habits. This article will help you gain insights into this question. We have explored extensively the cost of e-cigarettes and smoking, factoring in and comparing different costs when you are using different vaping devices.
Smoking vs Vaping: What’s the Difference?
As we know it, smoking is essentially inhaling smoke from burning tobacco in cigarettes or cigars and sometimes marijuana in hookahs or pipes. Vaping is different as you simply breathe in the vapor produced by vape devices such as e-cigarettes or vape pens. These vape kits heat the liquid (e-liquids or vape juice) in pods, which comes in different flavors and nicotine levels.
Does Shifting to Vapes Save More Money?
If you are considering substituting smoking for vaping, then it's worth hearing this: ditching traditional cigarettes for vapes is not just an alternative, it is a financial game-changer. To add more, numerous reports show that smoking is not only a costly habit than vaping but has its own share of heightened health risks.
Let’s zero in on the financial aspect to understand how. Smoking 20 cigarettes a day, smokers spend approximately CHF 4500 annually. In fact, reports show that smokers who shift to e-cigarettes tend to save around CHF 880 every year as they spend CHF 16 per week. Let’s get into more perspectives to understand this difference:
Disposable Vape vs Smoking Cigarettes
Smoking has a hefty price attached to it, particularly if you are a heavy smoker smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day. Averaging 20+ smokes hikes the annual expenses to the ups of CHF 5100. This is enough money to take you on a ten-day luxury cruise in the Caribbean.
Shifting to vapes will certainly cost you less. Taking the Lost Mary BM600S disposable vape, for instance, costs about CHF 8.95, giving you 600 puffs, which is equivalent to 30 cigarettes. This means one of these disposable vapes will last you 1 or 2 days. In a year, your average cost would be about CHF 1500-CHF 3100, saving you over CHF 2000.
Refillable vs Smoking Cigarettes
Smokers spend between CHF 4500 and CHF 5100 yearly, so shifting to refillable vapes would cost less. For example, the Vaporesso Xros Cube costs about CHF 25.90 and lasts between a week and a half and two weeks.
This means that, on average, shifting to a refillable vape would cost CHF 673 a year. Also, refilling the pod kit is relatively cheap: for Vaporesso Xros Cube, it costs CHF 6.7 per pack. Depending on how much you vape, this pack can last you longer.
Prefilled Vapes vs Smoking Cigarettes
Smokers average 15-20 cigarettes a day, which is roughly a pack, which translates to CHF 4500-CHF 5100 a year; shifting to prefilled vapes may be a better idea and a cheaper one. A prefilled vape such as VOZOL Switch 600 Kit costs CHF 9.90.
At the price of the VOZOL Switch 600 Kit, you get up to 600 puffs which equals 30 cigarettes and can last you 1 to 2 days. This means if you are a heavy smoker, it would cost you CHF 3600 annually, which is still CHF 1500 cheaper than smoking cigarettes.
Expert Opinion
Based on our judgment on the comparison between different vapes and smoking, it is evident by the numbers that it is indeed cheaper vaping than smoking. While the built quality between cigarettes and vaping devices may make you perceive smoking as cheaper, vaping is built to be durable but with less expensive materials.
Depending on the vaping device you are using, it can last you between one day and 14 days. Also, most vapers report that even as heavy vapers, they often use their vapers less frequently over time as they get satisfaction even with lower Nic salt. Using these vapes means it takes longer before buying another one, hence saving money.
Moreover, while vaping and smoking are threats to our health, by comparison, vaping is less harmful. This means shifting to vaping can also cut the expenses the government uses on certain medical issues like cancerous diseases.