smoked a pack a day for about 15 years... at the time i quit about 18 months ago it was about $4 or $5 a day habit... so you can do the math
last year i bought an e-cig and never looked back. i buy a new e-cig about twice a year which costs me about $75, and i go through about $20 every two months on juice and cartomizers for the e-cig, so now roughly 300 a year, but plan to cut out the e-cig soon as well
dont feel too bad about the e-cig, much healthier, but still messes with blood pressure and the negative nicotine effects... just saves you from the tar and shitty lungs of a cig
every smoker should try e-cigs at least once... i realize that not everyone will like them, but after just a week on them and you realize you can walk up the stairs without running out of breath and you will never look back
mmmm, mountain dew flavored e-cig juice.... best thing ever!