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.
Ahmed Raheem Seedat
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
2
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Dessert
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Walter Snyman
Age:
29
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
11
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20200624
Elandre
Age:
27
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
10
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Dessert
I started vaping when my father was diagnosed with lung cancer and he was a heavy smoker at the time. He passed away 2 years later and the doctor told the family that he was gasping for oxygen and his lungs could not function properly anymore. I then started vaping and never looked back one day as I have more energy, I can smell and taste a lot better and that rush that you get when you have to go smoke again to get your next fix was unpleasant.
Date Uploaded: 20210201
Heino Pretorius
Age:
27
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
10
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Dessert
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Ashwin Solomon
Age:
29
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
14
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Like more than one type
1m cigarettes free now for two years and were the best choice I could ever make! could Immediately start feeling more healthier, and what actuality helped me stop smoking Cigarettes.
Date Uploaded: 20210922
Natacha Fegen
Age:
33
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
20
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Fruit
It helped me off cigarettes and helped the cravings
Date Uploaded: 20200703
JC Olivier
Age:
22
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
2
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Date Uploaded: 20220117
James Bruce
Age:
50
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
30
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Menthol/Mint
After being diagnosed with Diabetes and severe hypertension I made a conscious decision to quit smoking. I was suffering from shortness of breath, severe snoring , morning coughs and every winter I would get a chest cold that would develop into bronchitis and worse. I constantly suffered with sinusitis. 10 years into my marriage my wife started getting asthma attacks. Every year they became more frequent.
Once I quit smoking and switched to vaping my health started to improve. With in a month my morning coughs subsided. My chest cleared up and the wheezing disappeared. I could start smelling better. I stopped snoring so heavily. With in 6 months I was taken of blood pressure medication. That was when we discovered that my wife had also not had another asthma attack.
I nolonger get short of breath. Can’t remember when last I had a chest cold of sinusitis. I frequently go for long walks. I can sincerely say that vaping saved my life and it drastically improved my wife’s health.
Date Uploaded: 20230714