What is vaping actually costing you?
Enter what you buy and how often. You get the weekly, monthly, yearly and five-year totals. If you have a quit date, it also shows what you have kept in your pocket since then.
Enter a price and how many you buy each week.
The number is the reason. The craving is the hard part.
This page is from the team behind CraveBreaker: Quit Vaping for iPhone and iPad. Knowing the cost helps you decide. According to its App Store listing, the app is for the moment a craving hits:
- Tap "I have a craving" and start something useful within seconds
- A 90-second reset with slow breathing and a grounding exercise
- A craving timer of 1, 3 or 5 minutes, or your own length
- Your own reasons, in the words you wrote for yourself
- Practical swaps for coffee, driving, stress and work breaks
CraveBreaker is a self-help tool, not medical treatment. Nothing on this page is stored or sent anywhere.
Getting an honest number
Count a normal week, not a good one. Include the extra one you buy on a night out and the one you replace because you lost it.
Add the bits around it. Coils, a new device every so often, delivery fees. Put a weekly average in the optional box.
Look at the yearly figure. A few pounds or dollars at a time never feels like much. The same spend over twelve months is usually the size of a holiday or a month of rent.
Give the money a job. People who move the weekly amount into a separate pot on the same day each week can see it grow, which is a better reward than a number on a page.
This calculator is arithmetic, not medical advice. If you want help stopping, a doctor, pharmacist or a free quitline can talk through options with you.
Questions
How much does vaping cost per year?
It depends entirely on what you buy and how often. Multiply your weekly spend by 52 for a quick figure. Two disposables a week at 12 each is about 1,250 a year.
Is vaping cheaper than smoking?
For many people it is, but that comparison does not tell you much about your own budget. The useful number is what you personally spend, which is what this page works out.
Does this page keep my information?
No. The numbers stay in the page while it is open and are not stored or sent anywhere.
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