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.
Angelo Bijoux
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
17
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Tobacco
I tried patches , gum , chantix even alan carr but nothing got me off the cigarettes but vaping . My health has improved tremendously and I can even run long distance now !
Date Uploaded: 20221012
Ruben
Age:
35
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
2
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Like more than one type
i love vaping takes the stress of life out
Date Uploaded: 20220118
Mary Beszterczei
Age:
54
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
25
Vaping Years:
7
Flavours:
Fruit
Vaping saved my Iife. After watching my mother die on a ventilator from years of damage to her lungs from smoking, my eyes opened that I did not want to follow in her fate. Since I’ve been vaping, my lungs are strong again, I no longer get upper respiratory infections, no longer get winded, and I got my sense of taste & smell back. Vaping has been a God send for me, and Ill never go back to smoking cigarettes evert
Date Uploaded: 20200708
Henri Moll
Age:
47
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
26
Vaping Years:
4
Flavours:
Fruit
Since I started vaping I was feeling more healthy. I will never smoke again.!!vaping has really make a difference in my life in a positive and more healthy way
Date Uploaded: 20220120
Kelly Grobler
Age:
34
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
17
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Menthol/Mint
It helps me destress! Especially being a heath professional
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Daniel Joubert
Age:
26
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
5
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Like more than one type
I started smoking combustible cigarettes at a young age in high school as this was considered the “cool thing” to do, but used to only smoke casually with friends. Before I knew it, I was hooked on nicotine and spending an ever growing amount of money on cigarettes. I had struggled with asthma from a very young age and smoking only worsened the symptoms, but alas being addicted to nicotine I continued smoking as quitting proved to be incredibly difficult. In 2019 I was introduced to vaping by a friend who had great success in quitting smoking by using a vape with 6mg/ml liquid. This same friend went from being a pack-a-day smoker to quitting cigarettes completely in a span of 3 months so on their recommendation I went out and bought my first vape. Within 4 months I had completely stopped smoking cigarettes and was now a vaper. From that time up until now I have dropped my nicotine intake drastically, now only vaping 2-3mg e-liquids and as an added bonus haven’t suffered from asthma symptoms in almost 3 years aside from the occasional shortness of breath, but I would chalk that up more to being unfit and having allergies than to vaping as I have had days of chain-vaping without so much as a slight flare-up! Vaping has changed my life by not only bettering my overall health, but also saved me money at the same time.
Date Uploaded: 20230714
Jiten Maken
Age:
37
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
18
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
The best change that was made from smoking, don’t know how I would cope during this lockdown time without in
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Ebrahim Emandien
Age:
38
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
6
Flavours:
Fruit
Help me in many ways I could breathe much better, which meant I could run and play with the kid’s longer?
Date Uploaded: 20200703