I know this might sound really sad but I was/am so addicted to smoking that I was spending over £300 a month of cigarettes. Add my partners £200 a month!
I was actually getting into debt because of smoking and the more stressed I was getting about my finances the more cigarettes I would smoke. Seeing the news item on the BBC last week has probably saved me from being evicted!
Yeah I realise that it sounds pretty over the top but we were truly in dire straits. OK, I know I'm new to e-smoking but I think I prefer my new e-ciggie to a "real" one already. I bought the super cigarette from pillbox's site and the totally wicked juice from his other site.
I think that we've worked out that we will now be spending about a £1 to £2 a day now instead of £15 to £20 between the two of us. My partner thinks he can give up if I'm not "smoking" but he's going to e-smoke if he can't.
I've spent about:
£38 (including postage) on my starter kit:
£30 on e-liquid (Totally Wicked):
£7 on a new atomiser:
and £40 on 100 cartridges.
I need to e-smoke for a bit longer to see how many carts and how much refill liquid I am using to really work out I am saving but if it works out about how much I "think". It will be about £30 to £40 a month including carts, refills and replacement batteries/atomisers. So over 90% less spending.
Add to that the money I will save on extras I would buy at the news agent when I bought a packet of fags such as sweets and chocolates etc...
I'm still in shock (in a nice way).
I've converted 5 people this week. As soon as pay day arrives they're all going to be setting themselves up as e-smokers! All of them have smoked for 10+ years too.