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.
Malcolm Hyman
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
30
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Drinks
Changed my lIfe, had been stuck in a smoking trap for 30 years
Date Uploaded: 20200706
Leonie Van Wyk
Age:
58
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
37
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
My father died from a heart attack, smoking related. I started feeling symptoms (Google helped). 2 years ago I started vaping, gradually went down in nicotine strength, now down to 0mg.
Date Uploaded: 20220121
Regan Langley
Age:
26
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
4
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Fruit
Vapeing make smoking very light and not heavy on the lungs so it means, I didn’t pick up any breath lost
Date Uploaded: 20220118
Jaco Holtzhuizen
Age:
26
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
4
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Dessert
Vaping helped me to leave the cigarettes because I have a chest problem that puts pressure on my lungs from birth, due to the cigarettes I felt that my health was declining and due to the stress work I could not leave the nicotine. From the first few months I started vaping felt that my health was getting better and an increase in my lung capacity and sincethen I started sleeping and breathing better
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Jeandry Strydom
Age:
26
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
4
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Dessert
I decided to quit smoking when i was coughing my lungs out everyday and everbody said it was bad for my health so i quit then got on to vaping and my life changed drastically i could do more stuff tan when i was smoking i am happier and my heath is now just awesome then wat it was when i was smoking
Date Uploaded: 20221019
David Katz
Age:
32
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
13
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
I like to keep things sweet and short but what is sweeter than vaping stopping you from going back down a rabbit hole of drug abuse? Many people who know me may not know but I once was a struggling Heroine addict, two long years of destroying myself to be exact
Date Uploaded: 20210716
Theunis Mulder
Age:
57
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
1
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Like more than one type
I am allergic to pollen, grass, dog hair and many more. Don’t need to use medical products to help with permanent nasal drip. Vaping solve this for me.
Date Uploaded: 20220120
Anneska Marais
Age:
25
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
7
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20220117