VAPERS VOICES
Many adult South Africans have used vaping as a method to help them quit smoking and practice tobacco harm reduction.
Since the very beginning, VSML has invited people to share their experiences and what this innovation means to them.
Their stories should not be ignored.
Anre Fourie
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
22
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Fruit
I can walk in awesome smelling clouds every day of my Iife
Date Uploaded: 20210930
Byron Herdien
Age:
28
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
9
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
Vaping have no negative impact on my life or health. Family members was more comfortable with vaping rather then a cigarette or smoking a hubbly.
Date Uploaded: 20220118
Caron von Ruben
Age:
41
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
34
Vaping Years:
8
Flavours:
Fruit
I stopped chain smoking. Vaping has improved my health , sense of taste , no cigarette smell and has saved my life.
Date Uploaded: 20221013
Ryno Fourie
Age:
25
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
11
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Fruit
Vaping has reduced my constant coughing to a minimum. Slime that built up in my lungs from smoking is no longer present since I made the switch . I’m no longer so much out of breath and can actually partake in physical activities without feeling like I’m at deaths door.
Date Uploaded: 20220118
Glyssine
Age:
62
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
45
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Tobacco
I had been a smoker for 45 years when, on a hot summer day, I felt oppressed. As I had been considering stopping smoking for some months, I decided to stop. But from an experience a year or two before, I feared after stopping, all I would be able to think about was having a cigarette. So I bought an e-smoker and threw away my last tobacco , my lighter and my ashtray. And I never looked back! A few months later, I had an appointment with a pneumologist, and my lungs were fine, like that of a person who never smoked. I was just lucky, I know. But I recommend vaping to any smoker who thinks he/she cannot do without a cigarette! I feel so much healthier, I breathe so much more freely!
Date Uploaded: 20211213
Antoinette Odendaal
Age:
41
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
7
Flavours:
Fruit
Electronic cigarettes changed my life. I never want to go back to traditional combustion cigarettes. I stopped coughing and do not suffer from throat infections any longer. Friends and family say they don’t even notice that I use electronic cigarettes and it bothers no one.
Date Uploaded: 20230722
Johann Andries
Age:
31
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
3
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Dessert
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Dean Van rooi
Age:
42
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
24
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Like more than one type
I started vaping because I wanted to quit smoking and playing rugby again.. As it is I am still playing rugby, no lung infections or respiratory defects.. Vaping is also a hobby for me wich I adapted to ease my stressful life and work environment.. I escape from the world when I’m preparing my vape and get it ready for a vape session with the guys.. I also use juice wit no nicotine content.. Without my vape I would be lost in the sense of creating my own peace of mind..
Date Uploaded: 20221014