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.
Rian Grobbelaar
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
15
Vaping Years:
7
Flavours:
Dessert
Date Uploaded: 20200706
Ryan Cloete
Age:
23
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
1
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Fruit
Vaping changed my life and made it so much easier for me to stop smoking cigarettes.
Date Uploaded: 20220120
Max Kilpatrick
Age:
35
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
11
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Like more than one type
I used to smoke from age 13 to 23 then I quit cold turkey. I relapsed in 2019 and wasn’t able to get rid of the habit anymore. One day, I picked up a vape kit and never touched a cigarette again. Vaping helped me quit smoking, improved my health and made me discover a whole community, great friends and a hobby that keeps my mind busy.
Date Uploaded: 20210228
David Swepston
Age:
40
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
16
Vaping Years:
12
Flavours:
Dessert
I smoked 40 cigarettes a day, didn’t exercise became overweight and short of breath, I found vaping and felt so much better, to the point I was no longer short of breath and started running and have since ran 4 marathons and the fittest I’ve been. Vapring really did save my life
Date Uploaded: 20210218
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
Gavin Milner
Age:
36
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
20
Vaping Years:
3
Flavours:
Dessert
No more coughing up phlegm
Date Uploaded: 20200703
Malcolm Hyman
Age:
47
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
30
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Drinks
Changed my lIfe, had been stuck in a smoking trap for 30 years
Date Uploaded: 20200706
Pieter du Plessis
Age:
28
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
10
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
Vaping has allowed me and my mother to move away from smoking no more morning coughing or breathlessness. Also my hame smells alot
Date Uploaded: 20210930