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What other product in life rises in price on a regular basis through the application of taxes to discourage use? Okay, alcohol, but we all need a little drink sometime, and the alternative to that is home-brew. A less time consuming option as a smoking alternative are electronic cigarettes and e-liquid, which can save you a pack of money over a 12 month period.

The tobacco habit has been with us for at least 500 years. Since then, the addictive nature of the drug, combined with the heavy marketing of a small number of huge companies, has resulted in a physical and mental grip on the consumer. Despite the ever increasing taxes to discourage us to use the drug in this form, we cant help but buy our regular supply, no matter what the cost.

Tobacco is priced differently through the world and taxes have a big part to play in that, therefore price comparison with the ecig is difficult. However, it can be said generally that the electronic version is pitched at a certain cost that makes it very attractive for the smoker who is looking to reduce costs substantially. Therefore we are talking about no less than a 50% saving.

However, generally speaking, it would be a conservative estimate to say that the electronic cigarette could save you as much as 50% of the cost of smoking tobacco. However, depending on how hard you are on the equipment, that cost saving could increase to as high as 70%.

Generally, most starter kits contain several devices, vaporizer spares and other essentials to get you going and have a spare to rely on if the other gives up the ghost. Batteries and the essential nicotine solution providing the hit are the other regular replacements that need to be built into an annual costing. Take a note of what you spend and compare to the cost of a similar level of cigarette smoking.

Of course, there are many who will say that the real saving is to the cleaner lungs that are the result of not breathing in the crazy amounts of chemicals and tar that of normal smoking. Passive smoking is no longer a problem, which is a relief to know when you have kids in close proximity, particularly within an enclosed space such as a car.

The fact that you wont smell like an ash tray has to be of benefit financially as well. Less trips to the dry cleaner to clean smoky clothes, trips the dentist to clean stained teeth, and no more waste of time dates trying to find a partner who wants to kiss a smoked kipper.

As an added bonus there is also the fact that the nicotine solution comes in a great choice of unusual flavours. Perhaps a chocolate flavored smoke might also save you buying that chocolate bar in the evening, ergo the need to go to the gym to burn it off as well.

If there was to be a cost benefit analysis of smoking tobacco compared to smoking electronic cigarettes, the winner would be the latter without a doubt. In 10 years time the electric car will dominate the world and we will wonder why we relied all this time on fossil fuels. Similarly e-cigarettes will revolutionize smoking in the same time frame. Two breathtaking facts indeed.