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South Africa

Africa · 59 testimonials · 32 cities represented

59 stories
32 cities
Avg age 44.4

Key insight

In South Africa, the leading product is Vape (94.9%) and the most common flavour is Fruit (32.2%).

Top product: Vape (94.9%)
Top flavour: Fruit (32.2%)

Country snapshot

59

Testimonials

32 cities represented
Avg. smoke-free years: 8.9

Avg. years smoked

19.9

Avg. previous cigarettes/day

30.1

Avg. smoke-free years

8.9

Avg. age

44.4

Demographic snapshot

Based on approved testimonials with available profile data.

Male: 86.4%
Female: 13.6%
Other / Unspecified: 0.0%
Average age: 44.4

Male

86.4%

Female

13.6%

Other / Unspecified

0.0%
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Preferred THR product stats

Preference ranking based on approved testimonials.

Most preferred product

Vape

Highest-ranked THR product in this country

94.9%
56 testimonials
Multiple products2 · 3.4%
Heated tobacco1 · 1.7%

Preferred flavour stats

Flavour ranking based on approved testimonials.

Most preferred flavour

Fruit

Highest-ranked flavour in this country

32.2%
19 testimonials
Dessert / Sweet17 · 28.8%
Multiple flavours12 · 20.3%
Menthol / Mint6 · 10.2%
Tobacco5 · 8.5%

Country Map

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Testimonials

Scope: Mpumalanga
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Anonymous26 yrsMbombela (Nelspruit)Mpumalanga10 years smoked9 years smoke-freeVapeMultiple flavours

I was given a mod with frosteez in it one afternoon to try and the rest is pretty much history, I did have a relapse back to cigarettes for a while but then made the switch back to vaping and haven't looked back since

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