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.
Gareth Mitchell
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
9
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Dessert
Struggling to breathe in the mornings or at the gym have been a thing of the past since vaping has come into my life
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Taheil Sunker
Age:
21
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
6
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Breakfast/Bakery
My alternative to smoking cigarettes. It gets me through each day without a terrible taste and smells on me. It has also become my hobby in regards to new hardware ad building coils
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Clifton Hall
Age:
39
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
3
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Breakfast/Bakery
The inflammation was terrible and the sench overall
Date Uploaded: 20220805
Martin van der Westhuizen
Age:
44
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Fruit
I stopped smoking due to all the harsh chemicals in it. Non of the stop smoking methods worked. I started vaping due to that it doesn’t have all the harsh chemicals in it. I know it is not 100% save. But it helped me live a normal life and not feeling drained and coughing. It save my life. All that this will do is causing people to smoke toxic chemical cigarettes as was found in areas where vaping and flavours was band and causing more damage then good.
Date Uploaded: 20221012
Jaco Kamffer
Age:
39
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
23
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Made my life more enjoyable as when smoking I was always tired and out of breath, Now I can run around with the little one, without coughing my lungs out
Date Uploaded: 20200620
Stoffel Janse van vuuren
Age:
42
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
21
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Fruit
I used to use 2 inhalers everyday sinse i started vaping im only using 1 inhaler once a day as i have asthma
Date Uploaded: 20221012
John Stanfliet
Age:
51
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
20
Vaping Years:
13
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Well I was a smoker for more than 20+ years and we’re smoking more than 40 Camel Filters a day. I decided to quit because it was effecting my health and because of my work which is in construction I had to be able to climb a lot of stairs. I were always short of breath when I had to do that. I then decided to quit smoking but it was an uphill battle. I even used a prescribed tablet from my doctor, but to no avail.
I heard about vaping and decided to do some research into it because there were a lot of negativity around it. After some research I decided to give it a try because the pros were more than the cons. Well the rest is history. I haven’t smoked a cigarette since the time I started vaping. My breathing, sense of smell and the tasting of food has improved a lot after I quit smoking.
And yes it is true you will pick up some weight after you smoking but it is not that you no longer smoking but it is because the food taste and smell better because you quit smoking and know you eat just a bit more because of it.
Date Uploaded: 20230714
Muhammad Khan
Age:
29
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
7
Vaping Years:
9
Flavours:
Dessert
Date Uploaded: 20200625