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.
Gayle Kraft
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
30
Vaping Years:
10
Flavours:
Dessert
Vaping is very important to me. I took me from Chronic productive cough on my way to COPD heart disease and possibly cancer to clear lungs and no cough. I will add years to my life. I pray that we can continue to vape without the government or associations standing in our way. They are really trying hard; they are powerful. I worry about it every day, not just for myself but for millions of others who have shared the same type of experience:
Date Uploaded: 20200708
Arno Botha
Age:
26
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
9
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
1 could barely breathe while i was smoking. After switching to vaping a felt an immediate difference*
Date Uploaded: 20200624
Renier Van Zyl
Age:
32
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
Vaping has changed my life! I just could not stand waking up with that cough every morning and that smell. I started vaping and now review vapes, I absolutely just love the taste and having better lung capacity!’
Date Uploaded: 20200624
Devon Strydom
Age:
38
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
5
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Vaping saved my life. I really enjoy the diversity of it
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Matt Kelly
Age:
54
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
40
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Dessert
Flavoured vaping stopped my heavy smoking habit, not a single one since I started I feel so much healthier in every way. And after three years intensively researching my new hobby, firmly believe that I will now enjoy an extra ten or fifteen years of quality Iife with my family
Date Uploaded: 20200720
Angelo Bijoux
Age:
33
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
17
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Tobacco
I tried patches , gum , chantix even alan carr but nothing got me off the cigarettes but vaping . My health has improved tremendously and I can even run long distance now !
Date Uploaded: 20221012
Masood
Age:
28
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
6
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20210716
Waseem Shahzad
Age:
26
Current Smoker:
Yes
Smoking Years:
8
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
Vape better then cigarettes
Date Uploaded: 20230726