“I picked up a vape and haven't had a single cigarette in over six years.” – Vaping Consumer
- Kim
- Jun 24
- 2 min read
I am a 37 yr old vaper who managed to quit a long term smoking habit with vaping.
I first tried a pod style device and then moved on to refillable devices. I tried many flavours and found caramel and vanilla type flavour to be the best for me. From the first time I picked up a vape, I haven't had a single cigarette in over six years.
I managed to stop cigarettes with vaping due to the customisation of flavours and devices, that's why it worked for me. I have been able to wean down from 18mg strength to 1.5mg
and will look to stop at my own pace. This is why it works so well as I can choose the timeline of reducing nicotine myself not on a plan prescribed by a doctor OR pharmacy.
No other method worked for me to quit.
The new law's restricting devices and liquids to a pharmacy only model with minimal flavours
and no ability to mix your own strength juice and flavours would've prevented me from
successfully quitting cigarettes. The pharmaceutical model will only push people who have never used illegal disposables to either buy illegal vapes or simply go back to cigarettes.
Vaping not only improved my health but I also save $200 a week from not smoking.
No taxes should also be put on vaping as increasing the price just encourages people to
either not switch or buy illicit products the same as they do with illegal tobacco.
New Zealand and the UK are the exact models we should be following, not a failed
prescription model which is essentially prohibition by putting roadblocks in the way of getting
people off cigarettes. New Zealand, with a legal vape model, has plummeting cigarette usage and I believe the same model would work here with the same results of massive falls in cigarette use.
Submission To Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 Inquiry
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