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*2024 Update - Making the switch with the New SMOKO VAPE POD can save you even more money than the SMOKO E-Cigarette!
We all know the health concerns related to smoking, but for many smokers that is a background concern, a fact that everyone knows but ignore.
The other major damage smoking does though is directly to your bank account and that can be harder to ignore. For some then making the switch to electronic cigarettes is because they want to save money, however it is not always clear how much can be saved by switching. That is why we decided to take a look into it and tell you exactly what you could be saving each month…
WHAT IS THE COST OF SMOKING TOBACCO?
The price of tobacco is constantly changing but this will give you a rough idea on the total cost. At the moment a pack of 20 cigarettes costs around £10. If you are a 20-a-day smoker, you can expect to spend around £70 a week on cigarettes. That can add up to £280 a month or £3,420 each year. That’s a lot of your hard-earned money going up in smoke - literally.
*2024 Update - The average cost of a pack of 20 cigarettes is now £12.61 (1). That means a 20-a-day smoker will spend £88.27 - that's a yearly spend of £4,590.04. As you can see, a small jump in price adds up to a huge increase in the yearly cost of smoking.
This is without any of the associated costs of smoking. Extra dry cleaning for your clothes, extra perfume or cologne to cover the smell, mouthwash, redecorating to get rid of the yellow stains on walls and carpets, and the list goes on… The costs of being a smoker really do mount up.
WHAT IS THE COST OF E-CIGARETTES?
In comparison electronic cigarettes are so much cheaper. Take the SMOKO e-cigarette kit for example. You can currently get a SMOKO Electronic Cigarette Starter Kit for free* when you purchase a pack of refills! (*One per customer). The e-cig starter kit contains 2 e-cigarette refills – which has the same amount of nicotine as 35 to 40 cigarettes (depending on how deep you puff on it), a rechargeable battery (no need for lighters anymore!) and a handy USB Charger.
Ongoing, SMOKO refills come in a pack of 5 (so that is 175 - 200 cigarettes of nicotine) and the most you would pay is £9.99/pack. There are also some great bulk discounts available, if you pick up 10 packs, the price can get as low as £8.18/pack! And with 10 boxes you get an accessory free! It even saves you money on the shipping; if you spend £40 or more then the shipping is free.
So from spending up to £10 a day on a pack of Marlboro’s, switching to SMOKO could be as little as £1.50 to £2.00 per day. That adds up to some massive savings – up to £225/month or £2,700 - meaning lot of money goes right back into your pocket every year!
HOW MUCH MONEY WILL I SAVE OVER THE LONG-TERM BY SWITCHING TO E-CIGARETTES?
When you add up the potential savings over the next 5, 10 and 20 years, you will be saving an absolute fortune. If the price of cigarettes was to stay at today’s level, you could be saving £27,000 in 10 years and a whooping £54,000 over a 20 year period.
But the price of cigarettes is not going to stay the same (2). A recent proposal by the Independent Cancer Taskforce suggest an increase to £15/pack by 2020 in the UK. So those savings would jump to £4,745/year, £47,450 over 10 years and a staggering £94,900 over 20 years…
WHAT IS THE UK GOVERNMENT'S SMOKEFREE 2030 CAMPAIGN?
The UK Government’s Smokefree 2030 plan aims to reduce the population that smokes in the UK to less than 5% - this is not far as the figures for 2019 show the proportion of the population that smoke was 14%!
*2024 Update - Sadly, it appears that smoking rates have ceased to significantly decline since 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic potentially causing this undesired effect. (3)
By providing support to help people quit smoking, reducing the availability of cigarettes, restricting marketing and advertising and creating smoke-free environments, the government hopes to achieve this lofty goal by 2030. (4)
HOW E-CIGARETTES CAN SAVE YOU MONEY - CONCLUSION
While E-cigarettes are not allowed in all smoke free-areas, it is likely they may well be allowed in some – the studies investigating the risk of ‘second hand vaping’ have indicated that the e-cigarette aerosol presents no risk! (5)
So don’t you think it’s time you try switching to e-cigarettes? The latest review, conducted by Cochrane in 2023 found high certainty evidence that E-Cigarettes are more effective for quitting smoking than nicotine replacement products like the patch or gum! (6)
Ready to save a fortune? Get a SMOKO Electronic Cigarette Starter Kit today!
*2024 Update - Now you can try the SMOKO E-Cigarette for FREE when you buy a box of E-Cigarette refills! (One per customer)
REFERENCES
(1) Average retail price of a typical pack of 20 cigarettes in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2022
(2) Increases to tobacco duty rates from 22 November 2023
(3) Decline in smoking in England has stalled since pandemic
(4) Government says England will be smokefree by 2030. But how will it get there?
(5) NHS King's College Hospital: E-cigarettes (vapes) explained
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Written by Mike Cameron
