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South African Vapor Products Association Recognizes Women Entrepreneurs in E-Cigarette Industry

South African Vapor Products Association Recognizes Women Entrepreneurs in E-Cigarette Industry

2022-08-09

The Vapor Products Association of South Africa (VPASA) is celebrating Women’s Month for the first time in the male-dominated industry, recognizing the role women play in improving community livelihoods and reducing the harm of combustible tobacco. The vaping industry in South Africa is largely made up of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), some of which are owned and led by women.


Asanda Gcoyi, CEO of VPASA, said: "We need to recognize and encourage leading women in our industry, highlighting their successes, challenges, their contributions to harm reduction and changing the face of the vaping industry.


It is for these reasons that the association pays tribute to the following VPASA members and their contributing female entrepreneurs, especially in the burgeoning nature of our vaping industry:



1. Jenny Konenczny and Yolandi Vorster from G-Drops E-Liquid, https://www.gdropseliquids.co.za/


2. Amanda Ross of Steam Masters, https://steammasters.co.za/


3. Samantha Stuart from Sir Vape, https://www.sirvape.co.za/


3. Shamima Moosa from The E-Cig Store, https://theecigstore.co.za/


4. Aasimah Tayob from Vanilla Vapes, https://vanillavape.co.za/


6. Christel Truter from The Rustic Vape Shop, https://therusticvape.co.za/?v=68caa8201064



The South African Vaping Association said it was important to highlight the role of these women in creating jobs and helping smokers quit in the face of continued onslaught of government and anti-tobacco activists on the vaping industry. Efforts to classify e-cigarettes as tobacco products through proposed legislation, as well as proposals to tax e-cigarette products, would undermine the efforts of these entrepreneurs. The proposed excise tax bill on nicotine and non-nicotine products could cause some of these entrepreneurs to close stores, resulting in job losses and more than R200 million in lost tax revenue.


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