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.
Grant Difford
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
13
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Drinks
5 years ago, I could hardly breathe. I would cough and wheeze all day long due to tobacco smoke. Now, thanks to vaping, my lungs are healthy again, I can breathe, play sports and get on with life
Date Uploaded: 20210624
Em Stern
Age:
44
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
22
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
I can breathe better cut down my nicotine level to a negligible amount Used it to quit before, and then after being nicotine free for 6 years started smoking again. Vaping is the only way hat I’ve been able to quit nicotine and smoking
Date Uploaded: 20200706
Christo Oberholster
Age:
38
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Best thing ever i could have done. Way more affordable than smoking and not stinking like an ashtray anymore. Healthier for the reat of my family aswell as there is no second hand smoke.
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Zande Jones
Age:
27
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
2
Vaping Years:
7
Flavours:
Dessert
I have to say done hubbly and smoking sigarettes but vaping changed my life for the better. Always had some sort of sickness while I smoked sigarettes and hubbly. Now I am a healthy person. Vaping safed my life!!!!
Date Uploaded: 20220805
Nonkululeko Kwatsha
Age:
29
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
1
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Dessert
Vaping was an experiment for me, and I continued using it because it is enjoyable, I never had any negative effects from it regarding my health.
Date Uploaded: 20220817
Isabella Bester
Age:
32
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
1
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
Help me with my stress
Date Uploaded: 20220805
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
Llewellyn Venter
Age:
26
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
10
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Tobacco
Date Uploaded: 20220116