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.
Angeline Sequeira
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
4
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
I did it for my children, my self-esteem and our health! I’ve tried medicine to help me quit smoking; it made me feel depressed, with no success.
I started vaping in 2017, it wasn’t necessarily easy as I was coughing quite a nasty bit. As soon as all the tar and junk cleared from my lungs, I was able to smell and taste like a champion. Flu doesn’t get to me as it used to!
With guidance from a Specialised Vape Shop I have been NICOTINE FREE for 6 months now!
Date Uploaded: 20221108
Deon Grove
Age:
43
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
18
Vaping Years:
8
Flavours:
Fruit
Never felt better! Going on 9 years of vaping.
Date Uploaded: 20220807
Roland Calitz
Age:
41
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
22
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
Shortness of breath, coughing up flem pain in my chest and lots of taste. I knew I to stop smoking but did not know how to get off tobacco. So I tried vaping within 24 hours after starting vaping I was off tobacco cigarettes. I have not been back tobacco. My Shortness of breath, flem on my chest and pain my chest was gon. Vaping saved my life and I Roland Calitz will give my testimony on this.
Date Uploaded: 20211007
Paul Jansen van Vuuren
Age:
47
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
1
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Date Uploaded: 20220806
Taheil Sunker
Age:
21
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
6
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Breakfast/Bakery
My alternative to smoking cigarettes. It gets me through each day without a terrible taste and smells on me. It has also become my hobby in regards to new hardware ad building coils
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Tony Swanepoel
Age:
54
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
4
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Breakfast/Bakery
l am suffering from PTSD and started vaping about 6 months back. The anxiety attacks that I used to get are so much less, and also my stress levels are better. I am not even using high nicotine base juice, I only make use of 0 and 3mg nicotine base juice and CBD infused juice. Vaping really saved my life
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Sean Le Roux
Age:
45
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
30
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Like more than one type
I started smoking at around the age of 15, I started trying to quit at the age of 18, I have tried Nicotine gum, nicotine patches, herbal cigarettes (they sold these in the chemists in those days), Champix, Zyban and many other methods that all failed. I went from smoking 60 to 80 cigarettes a day to smoking zero within 4 days of purchasing a modern day vape.
Date Uploaded: 20220121
Jurgens Strydom
Age:
45
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
27
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Dessert
Started vaping five years ago after smoking for 27 years. While I was smoking I was waking up every morning coughing my lungs out. Since I started vaping I don’t cough in the morning anymore and everything smells better and taste better. vaping made a big difference in my life
Date Uploaded: 20220116