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.
Vimo Pillay
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Menthol/Mint
Date Uploaded: 20221007
Anton Visser
Age:
42
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
25
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
3 Years ago I had to undergo a couple of ECG’s, blood tests and a heart specialist visit. With a high cholesterol level and a heart condition both GP and Specialist told me that I had a choice: Keep on smoking and don’t see the end of 5 years or quit smoking and stand a chance of a longer healthier life. Having smoked for 25 years and trying vaping to no success I then made the choice to quit smoking and go on vaping. 3 years in and I can say that I went from weekly serious heart palpitations to experiencing mild to low and manageable cases once in 4 months. I shall never go back to smoking again and can honestly say that vaping saved my life!
Date Uploaded: 20220120
Ryan Cloete
Age:
23
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
1
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Vaping changed my life and made it so much easier for me to stop smoking cigarettes.
Date Uploaded: 20220120
Hendrikus Sanders
Age:
42
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
22
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Sweets/Candy
I tried everything to quit smoking. Vaping got me off the smokes
Date Uploaded: 20200624
Ian C
Age:
45
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
26
Vaping Years:
7
Flavours:
Dessert
I smoked for well over 20 years. For several years I attempted to quit smoking – I tried every available option on the market from nicotine patches to hypnosis and nothing I did had a lasting effect. Until I started vaping in 2015. At first I vaped and smoked, but then I began to get annoyed that smoking would limit my ability to taste the flavours I was vaping. So after a few months I quit cigarettes altogether. It’s been 7 years and I haven’t touched another cigarette. I feel healthier, I can taste and smell again, I don’t have a sore throat or a cough all the time, I enjoy my running now, and I feel more positive about myself because I was able to finally quit smoking. Nowadays I don’t understand why anyone would smoke cigarettes – there is a much better alternative in vaping that isn’t nearly as damaging to your health, or the health of those around you. So why smoke?
Date Uploaded: 20221012
Rudolph Jordaan
Age:
46
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
25
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Better quality of life and being able to keep fit
Date Uploaded: 20200625
Michael Horn
Age:
30
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
17
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Fruit
I wanted to quit smoking for years i reach 2 weeks then i am back at it again
I have tried all pharmaceutical ways nothing worked
I was always against vaping but only due to my lack of experience and bought cheap vape gear without any knowledge on vapingand luckily the vaping world has grown and community has grown so me and my wife went to our local vape shop to get a device and juice to start our non smoking journey
In the 1st month i went from 25mg nic to 3mg and i cant go higher
I have gained healthy weight back i can breath better my stamina has increased i can do so much more active things
And the best thing that could have happened was me and my wife finally got pregnant and not one of us are smoking any more she could even stop vaping for pregnancy she could not leave smoking and now our baby will be healthy due to vaping and now she could stop
VAPING SAVED MY LIFE
MY WIFES LIFE AND OUR CHILDS LIFE
Date Uploaded: 20220806
Jan Hendrik Vorster
Age:
32
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
8
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20220118