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.
Nicola Williams
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
40
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Menthol/Mint
Vaping DEFINETLEY saved me. No more wheezing, overal health improved dramatically. 40 years of heavy smoking, if it wasn’t for vaping I would never have been able to kick the habit. #vapingsavedmylife
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Stephanie Crow
Age:
28
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
8
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Dessert
better taste, no more coughing! All around healthier best decision ever made
Date Uploaded: 20200624
Ewald Ferreira
Age:
41
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
20
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Dessert
As stated I was a 2 pack a day smoker for 20 years. Was in ICU with heart problems. Started vaping. I can donate blood, I can breath better, I feel better, I taste better and I smell better…VAPING SAVED MY LIFE!
Date Uploaded: 20220806
Sjaun Bothma
Age:
48
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
20
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
I have never felt better . Flavous are much better than smoking .don’t have that annoying cough .vaping saved my life
Date Uploaded: 20201128
Mayur Naicker
Age:
25
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
4
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
Trying to quit smoking is not easy for most. I tried to give up smoking the old fashioned way, but that was a difficult process for me. I’ve been introduced to vaping and to be honest, it made it so much easier. Vaping is proved to be 95% safer than smoking cigarettes. From having chest pains to random coughs at night, I can now proudly say that during and after 5 years of vaping, I’ve had none of those symptoms. Vaping allowed me to live a cleaner and more healthier life. VAPING TRULY SAVES LIVES!
Date Uploaded: 20220116
Deanen Hutton
Age:
25
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
6
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20220116
Timothy Victor
Age:
50
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
27
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Like more than one type
After years of smoking 2 packs a day, it really affected my health, I had various health issues and had to do something or die.
I chose Vaping, it saved my life.
Date Uploaded: 20220806
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