South Africa

Smoked 23 years, quit cold-turkey with the aid of vapes. My 4th half marathon is coming up, and I run at least twice a week, 10, maybe 12km each. I am the fittest and healthiest I have been since 15 years old, turning 50 this year. Smoking does not kill, it does far worse: it robs your quality of life. Yes smokers can live to over 100, we all heard and have seen that. But could they do everything their mates do? Take a long hike, play ball with their grand-kids? Could they live on the 4th floor in an apartment with no lift, see the view? Or did they opt for groundfloor?

Waking up and feeling like I'm coughing up half a lung, accompanied by thick, dark-brown sludge exiting from what was left of my lungs is where I was before I found Nicotine Salts. I had made 8, maybe 8, attempts to quit smoking before then, a sixty-a-day habit at the time, but had never succeeded. Nic salts was a lifeline that enabled me to get rid of the stinkies and begin to heal. I started on 50mg nicotine in a Breeze 2 pod device and I'm now on 25mg in an Xros Pro2. It helps me with my anger issues and PTSD, don't judge me. Within 6-weeks of not smoking I was no longer coughing in the mornings, and within about 10-weeks I no longer had any gross sludge coming up when I did cough. I have gone from not being able to walk 150m without stopping to catch my breath to being able to run a 400m sprint against my kids and ending with a smile and not being completely winded. My heart is calmer, my sense of smell has recovered (although that's sometimes not a great thing with smells being what they are) and I can even blow up multiple balloons without feeling like I'm going to pass out. It feels like my lung capacity has increased and I feel much healthier overall. I highly recommend quitting the stinkies, do what works for you and be healthy. Vaping saved my life, how about you?

After having my first child I needed to be healthy for her. Instead of wanting to quit, I now had to. For the health of the entire family. My previous attempts to quit cigaretted was bitterly hard and unnecessarily emotional. Vaping has made it possible for me to live a healthy life without feeling deprived of what I not only enjoy but need to exlscape daily stressors. I feel healthy and free.

I smoked like a chimney, and could not climb 14 stairs in succession, had to rest half way up. After starting vaping, I function a lot better, at least I can now climb stairs, number doesn't scare me or matter any more, still out of breath, but that's because I am unfit, not because my lungs don't function. I do have lungs that are about 20 years "older" than my age, but with lung function and capacity in the 90% as per tests. My overall health has improved dramatically, vaping saved me from an early grave and suffocating to death.

Started vaping Vuse in an attempt to quit smoking. Got swallowed by the DIY aspect of vaping. I have managed to reduce my smoking habit, but haven't successfully transitioned to vaping only yet.

Smoked for 20 years coughed alot lungs were bad. Now i am vaping my smell and taste is better my lungs are better i can do laps under water and medicals at work are better.

I smoked cigarettes for 20 years and tried to quit multiple times. The longest I managed was three years, but I eventually went back. I could never fully break free from the habit. About 12 years ago, I tried vaping for the first time. In the early days, the devices weren’t great, so I struggled a bit. But once better tanks and mods became available, everything changed—I was finally able to make the switch. I’ve now been a full-time vaper for just over 10 years. During that time, I gradually reduced my nicotine levels from 25mg to 18mg, then down to 3mg, and about a year ago, I reached zero nicotine. I still vape daily, but without any nicotine. I enjoy it, but I can now go days without feeling the need to vape. For the first time, I feel truly free from nicotine, and I don’t see myself ever going back. I also recently had a full medical check-up, including chest X-rays, and my doctor told me my lungs are very healthy, with no signs of damage. From my own experience, moving from cigarettes to vaping brought many of the same improvements as quitting smoking altogether. Within the first few days, my breathing felt easier, and my sense of taste and smell started to come back. Over time, that persistent morning cough faded, and my overall fitness and stamina improved. Even simple activities like walking and running became noticeably easier. Not to mention that smokers stink, on your clothes, in your house or car, was all gone! The key difference for me was that I was still getting nicotine through vaping, so I didn’t go through the same level of withdrawal as when I tried to quit smoking completely. But all the other positive changes—better breathing, improved senses, and increased energy—still happened. For me, vaping was a stepping stone away from cigarettes. It allowed me to reduce my nicotine intake over time and at my own pace. I eventually quit it altogether, without going back to smoking.

Tried to give up combustible tobacco multiple times during my years of smoking without success. Vaping allowed me to put down cigarettes within a weeks time and I have not looked back since. My health has improved greatly since I started vaping.

I have been smoking since age of 16 gave tried multiple times to stop smoking just cant seem to stop smoking but i am smoking 3 cigarettes a day and vaping but i am sure will kick habit in this year

Not mine, but my partner who smoked a pack a day for 20 years. I was able to provide a tobacco flavoured alternative that met her need and she has had 2 cigarettes in the last year and a half, both times noting how awful they tasted and felt as compared to vaping. We have since experienced improved health, motivation, a much cleaner smelling and feeling household and a greatly reduced anxiety about affording a carton at month end.