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.
Loren Simpson
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Fruit
I always wanted to stop smoking cigarettes, but i could find a way to give it up. When i got introduced to vaping i gave up smoking that very same day. I am still going strong and i don’t think i will ever go back to smoking cigarettes ever!!! Vaping changed my life, i feel healthier, my skin looks and feel good and i don’t have cigarette odour on my hands, clothes and hair.
Date Uploaded: 20221012
Estiaan
Age:
35
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
17
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Dessert
Was smoking 1-3 packs of smokes a day and every night I cough myself awake and struggled to get up in the morning. I hated the smell of old smoke on my hands, clothes and my car!! Got to a point where I couldn’t breathe anymore that i switched to vaping. Best thing I did. Got a vape, threw away my last smokes and that was is. I feel good and smell good. I can tast and smell everything now. Stopped coughing. Wife evan say i don’t snore any more when i sleep. I feel good in the mornings when i wake up. Vaping saved my life!!!
Date Uploaded: 20210716
Deon Grove
Age:
43
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
18
Vaping Years:
8
Flavours:
Fruit
Never felt better! Going on 9 years of vaping.
Date Uploaded: 20220807
Hennie Smit
Age:
50
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
25
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Picked up a spare vape from a friend…. 2 weeks later I was off the stickies…. still vaping 4 years later because I enjoy the flavours and all the new gadgets… has become a hobby and I’m waaay healthier than when I smoked
Date Uploaded: 20220808
Cheyvonne Brand
Age:
30
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
9
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Dessert
I used to smoke two packets a day when I would get stressed out, smoking cigarettes caused me to get bad stomach ulcers and I really upset my gut and caused inflammation in my body, got headaches and my chest was really tight all the time not to mention the sinus it caused. I tried to vape using the old vape pens that youd get in chinese shops and then later I found Eciggies and got myself a real vape and that is when I completely quit cigarettes. The flavour on a decent vape using just 3mg nicotine was good enough to make me quit smoking, it is because of the flavour that I chose a vape instead of the cigarettes at first but then I noticed a dramatic change in my overall health. I had a better state of cardio, I could walk to the mall, I could walk my dog every morning and every evening without feeling out of breath. I love flavour, flavour is why I chose to try to be healthier. Flavour is why I kept trying to quit smoking and why I succeeded and regained my health.
Date Uploaded: 20210127
Lourens Strydom
Age:
37
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
20
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Dessert
Vaping means A HEALTHIER, longer Iife. Health you can FEEL from the minute you switch from cigarettes to vaping
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Sean Steinberg
Age:
47
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
18
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Vaping stopped me from going back to cigs. Vaping is a stress release for me as my wife has Cancer it is a distraction for me
Date Uploaded: 20200625
Kylon Watkins
Age:
24
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
10
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Fruit
I began smoking cigarettes due to peer pressure at the age of 13. I stopped smoking the day I decided to buy a Vape. My first device was the Voopoo Drag 3 kit with Weiners Vape Bokmelk e-liquid. About 2 weeks after I quit cigarettes I could feel a noticeable difference in my body
Date Uploaded: 20220115