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:
38
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
Without vaping both my family and would never have survived the nicotine ban currently in South Africa.
I’ve managed to convince 4 other now ex-smokers to try vaping and they all doing well with their newfound
happiness. So very grateful vaping is around
Date Uploaded: 20200624
Anne Marie Els
Age:
39
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
22
Vaping Years:
1
Flavours:
Menthol/Mint
I smoked for 22 years and moved over to Vaping a year ago.
Have noticed a marked improvement in my health. Exercise and physical activities have became much easier Food tastes better
Moving to Vaping has been the best decision I’ve made in my life
Date Uploaded: 20210709
Cindy Coulter
Age:
44
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
26
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
Date Uploaded: 20220115
Mashrie Safodien
Age:
40
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
10
Vaping Years:
10
Flavours:
Dessert
I chain smoked for years until i met my wife, she was also a smoker but then got really sick with severe bronchitis and doctors said she will get emphysema if she didn’t quit, she quit the same day, I couldn’t kick the habit or go cold turkey as she did and I decided to invest in a Electronic cigarette device and various flavours of Eliquids, this was one of the best decision i could have made, I chucked the stinkies away immediately and never looked back. 10 years later I am healthier, my family is healthier.
Date Uploaded: 20210221
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
Richard Hooper
Age:
47
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
28
Vaping Years:
5
Flavours:
Fruit
Had severe acid reflux and constant bouts of bronchitis. Stopped on 21st December 2017, when I bought my 1st AIO vape. Did not dual use, switched exclusively to vaping. Started off at 3mg nicotine and now on 0mg. My health has not been better. Acid refulx stopped and have not had bronchitis in 4 years. My family us happier as there in no longer that cigarette smell. Not touched a combustible cigarette cigar or hookah in the years I have been vaping. Vaping saved my life.
Date Uploaded: 20220806
Dreshan Naidoo
Age:
30
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
2
Vaping Years:
9
Flavours:
Like more than one type
Used to be a heavy hubbly smoker. Quit that and turned to vaping and never looked back.
Date Uploaded: 20210220
Daniel Oosthuizen
Age:
22
Current Smoker:
No
Smoking Years:
2
Vaping Years:
2
Flavours:
Fruit
feeling better in the mornings when i wake up, vaping has stopped me from trying to smoke other things hookah/cigarettes.
Date Uploaded: 20220120