So nervous. This brings me back to high school.
My name is Calvin, and I'm 24. I've been vaping for three years. Today I'm here to do the beep test to see what my fitness levels are like right now on the vapes. And in a few weeks, we'll do the beep test again to see what my fitness level is like off the vapes.
I would say vaping started off as social, but now it's pretty much become an everyday occurrence, and I feel like I'm a bit of a slave to vaping now.
Okay, you missed it.
All right, that's it.
I know that if I have one on me at home, it'll be the first thing I do in the morning.
As a person that's into fitness and routine is quite depressing.
How do you feel you went?
Ahh, not well. I hope giving up the vapes will give me a better internal health. I hope that, my cardio improves, and my lungs. I feel right now they're working overdrive, and they're not, they're not, ahh functioning as well as they should.
And, you're also going to be seeing a doctor.
I'm doctor Hester Wilson. What can I do for you today?
I'm quitting vaping.
Great!
Yeah, I've been vaping for three, four years now and I want to kick the habit.
For me, as a health professional, I'm really concerned about young people's health. So I want to give you credible, evidence based information so that you can make the right choices for you. What about it don't you like?
Well, I find fitness very important, and it's kind of ironic that I spend so much time working out, but I'm not doing anything for my internal health.
If you continue to vape, it becomes harder to exercise and maintain your fitness.
When you stop vaping, you may notice withdrawal symptoms. Everybody's different, and experience them in different ways, but it can be things like headache, irritability, sleeplessness, upset, or grumpy. It doesn't last. It lasts, you know, 3 to 4 days and then it passes.
Just remember, every time you don't have a vape, you're getting much closer to being a non-vaper. There are lots of supports you can access to help you on your quick journey. Family and friends of course. There's the My Quit Buddy app. And there's lots of supports online as well. You reckon you ready to start now?
More than ready. Super ready. Yeah. Excited.
What I did was I threw out my vape and I replaced it with other distractions. So now when I go to the office or going around, I carry a water bottle, which has really helped. And it's kind of been a great distraction. I've also started chewing a lot more gum and having snacks around. Tonight was the first night I went to the pub with some mates and a few of them had some vapes. It was pretty hard to turn down. But when I did, I felt pretty good about myself and just focused on having a good time.
I've actually found it's getting easier to fall asleep. Am I breathing feels much easier when I run. I can't wait to see how much improvement there is when I step back up for the beep test!
Here we are again!
How you feeling?
Nervous!
Very.
Let’s go Calvin!!
Level 7, let’s go Calvin!
Oh, mate, well done!
You don't seem anywhere near as out of breath.
I am surprised at the difference it makes not having vaped for a few weeks now. I mean, jumping up two whole levels in the beep test. If that's not proof enough then I don't know what it is. I'm really grateful for this experience, and I fully recommend that everyone get off the vapes. Day to day, I feel better and doing fitness things like this. It’s so noticeable, so I can't recommend it enough. If you care about your fitness. You gotta drop the vapes and you'll see the improvements.
Well done mate!
Yay Calvin!
For more tips on how to quit head to health.gov.au/vaping.