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Vaping Saved My Life

@vsml_sa

Advocating Tobacco Harm Reduction in South Africa.

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Must-Watch Interview: VSML co-founder Kurt Yeo was interviewed on The Last Word, eNCA 📺 In case you missed it: Kurt shares how vaping saved his life — from smoking 40 cigarettes a day to becoming one of SA’s leading harm reduction advocates. 🚭 Kurt Yeo on The Last Word with

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In case you missed it: On The Last Word with eNCA, Kurt Yeo, co-founder of Vaping Saved My Life, shares how he struggled to quit smoking for 10 years — until flavored nicotine vapes helped him stop in just three days. He says, “I used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day — then vaping

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What if the key to reducing health inequalities isn’t banning nicotine, but regulating it smartly? 📊 New research shows vaping is helping low-income & Indigenous communities quit smoking faster, proving harm reduction works. Read more: bit.ly/3GgXG5Z #HarmReduction |

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🎙️ In case you missed it: Kurt Yeo is joined by Nancy Loucas on the Pack Breakers Podcast Kurt brings youth vaping stats in South Africa into the spotlight, raising questions about how credible they are in a country battling severe inequality, school dropouts, and limited

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In 2023 alone, 42,000 South Africans lost their lives due to exposure to fine particle pollution (PM2.5), including over 1,300 children under the age of five. Comparing vape aerosol to the air we breathe will provide surprising results. Greenpeace Africa greenpeace.org/africa/en/pres…

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Is Vaping Really a Gateway to Smoking? The Data Says Otherwise. Despite fears, youth smoking rates are falling faster since e-cigarettes arrived—and leading researchers say it's time to retire the flawed “gateway” theory. Read the full article 👉filtermag.org/youth-vaping-g…

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On The Last Word with eNCA, Kurt Yeo responds to claims that vaping is just as bad as smoking. He highlights the growing body of research showing that vaping poses only a fraction of the risk and offers a real lifeline to adult smokers. “We may not have all the long-term data,

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“Every attack on vaping protects the real enemy.” 🧨 In case you missed it — on The Packbreakers Podcast, Thembinkosi Gcoyi breaks down how anti-vaping rhetoric and restrictions don’t hurt Big Tobacco — they benefit it. ❝ Shut down education on safer alternatives, and people

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In case you missed it — on The Packbreakers Podcast, Thembinkosi Gcoyi shares his personal journey of quitting cigarettes after becoming a father, switching to vaping, and never looking back. ❝ Nicotine is tough to quit — but switching to something safer made all the

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📖 How Science Is Shaping Tobacco Harm Reduction “Smokers smoke for the nicotine, but die from the tar.” — Prof. Michael Russell Decades of research support reduced-risk products like vaping in cutting smoking-related harm. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/43XLEaG #THR | #VSML |

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🎙️ In case you missed it: Kurt Yeo and Oliver Barry get real on the Pack Breakers Podcast Kurt calls out the double standards in the vaping debate—questioning why, if harm reduction is truly the goal, there are so few vape shops in underserved communities. He urges policymakers

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How did public-health officials lose Americans' trust? Gradually for half a century, then suddenly during the pandemic. My article in the Atlantic: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Erm, I don't see anywhere that you mention your CEO's massive conflict of interest by taking money from the world's most determined anti-harm reduction proponent. Shouldn't you state this clearly so readers know you have a pre-conceived, financially-led, opinion?

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🚨 Smoking is up 65% in South Africa since 2012. With only 0.78% quitting in 2021, current policies aren’t working. @KurtYeo co-founder of Vaping Saved My Life says it’s time for smarter, evidence-based nicotine laws that support harm reduction. 📖 bit.ly/4eIPsAv #HarmReduction |

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What’s the biggest barrier to tobacco harm reduction today? #HarmReduction | #THR | #ScienceNotStigma | #VSML | #SmokeFreeFuture

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🚨 Africa’s fight against smoking faces a key question: Will restricting safer nicotine alternatives help or hurt? With black markets rising and harm reduction limited, evidence shows restrictions may do more harm than good. 📖 Read: bit.ly/4kBE6iZ cc World Vapers' Alliance

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Kurt Yeo fact-checks viral vaping claims and calls out the dangerous misinformation putting smokers at risk. 📲 Watch him set the record straight — with receipts. #VapingSavedMyLife | #HarmReduction | #THR | #PublicHealth | #StopTheStigma | #ScienceOverFear | #VSML |