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.
Joshua Hulley
Current Smoker:
Yes
Smoking Years:
4
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20230825
Kaveer Beharee
Age:
43
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
20
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Dessert
Vaping is a brilliant alternative, but the industry is dodgy and should have subjected itself to self-regulations years ago to protect its reputation and weed out bad actors. But it hasn’t, so I don’t support most local producers because I simply don’t know what I’ll be vaping. You can’t, as an Industry, talk about harm reduction in smoking while doing very little to promote harm reduction in vaping. You also, as an Industry, condemn those s substandard or fake products while some of the industry’s largest retailers sell clones. Finally, does this post really matter is it just a way to build a database?
Date Uploaded: 20200625
Tyrone Naryan
Age:
45
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Dessert
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Eddie Caldeira
Age:
40
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
16
Vaping Years:
8
Flavours:
Like more than one type
I used to smoke two packs of 20’s a day, at the end of my smoking years, when the health issues started to show I tried patches and gum but nothing worked until a friend made a joke about a vape pen, thingy, at first I laughed but when trying it for the first time, I was taken back by the lack of craving to smoke, so I bought a kit on the spot and it and other great devices helped me stop smoking that very day. I still have a half packet of Lucky Strike on my desk as a reminder to never go back to smoking. My sense of smell and taste coming back was the most shocking change. Being fit as a fiddle is also great. 🙂
Date Uploaded: 20220123
Michie van Breda
Age:
35
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
28
Vaping Years:
7
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Thanks to vaping I have more energy, sleep better and I able to run and work out and play sports more comfortably
Date Uploaded: 20220116
Craig Kirk
Age:
55
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
30
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Have been vaping since 2016 have not touched a cigarette since
Date Uploaded: 20220116
Johann Andries
Age:
31
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
3
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Dessert
Date Uploaded: 20220115
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