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.
Zaid Motala
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
3
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Fruit
Stopped cigarettes
Date Uploaded: 20220119
Marius Lourens
Age:
45
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
11
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Dessert
A new lease on a healthier Life:
Date Uploaded: 20210930
Leila Poonan
Age:
37
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
8
Flavours:
Fruit
I swopped over due to my son having a genetic lung condition called Cystic Fibrosis. And since making the change, he has had fewer lung infections and an improvement in his lung function*
Date Uploaded: 20200628
Phillip Benn
Age:
33
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Ever since I quit smoking my health in general got better. Would urge every smoker to give vaping a try!
Date Uploaded: 20220810
Johann Pretorius
Age:
25
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
5
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Marthinus Lukas van Vuuren
Age:
35
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Fruit
Since I started vaping, my life has changed completely.
I do not get sick (Flu/colds) a fraction as much as when I was smoking
I can taste, smell and breath like I did before I started smoking
I am not the fittest person, however, I can walk and run without feeling like I am suffocated and robebd of oxygen
I am a new person since I started Vaping and it truly saved my life
Chareen Giani
Age:
37
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
17
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
I have asthma and found that the more I smoked, the more I would end up in hospital because of my asthma. I almost died because of my asthma due to the fact that I smoked. With vaping I the 3 years, I only had one mild asthma attack that I could use my asthma pump.
Date Uploaded: 20210220
Wayne Mather
Age:
48
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
27
Vaping Years:
10
Flavours:
Tobacco
I tried other products to quit. Vaping had me quit after just 3 days. I smoked sigarettes for 27 years, of which the last 3 smoking years it was up to 70 per day. My site medicals show that my lungs are healthy. It started improving my lung health after just 6 months of vaping. The best choice l ever made was to switch…and all the great products…awesome
Date Uploaded: 20230825