Vaping seems like the perfect alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes - one of the main advantages being that you can get it in an array of flavors that don't smell gross or leave both your breath and your hands with the stench of the cigarette you just smoked. They've also become a popular way of people weening themselves off traditional cigarettes, with the hope of eventually ditching the habit altogether.
And, as with most things that sound too good to be true, there's usually a downside.
There have been a number of cases in recent years wherein vapers have been hospitalized with nasty effects caused by using the devices. Which isn't all too surprising because, let's be honest, do we actually know what's in the liquids?
One teen has been left dealing with the horrific consequences of vaping which caused his lung to collapse after just a year of having the habit. Now, he's revealed pictures of the true extent of the damage in his body, urging people to think twice before picking up a vape pen.
Keep scrolling to take a look at the horrifying impact of vaping for yourself...
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"Vaping" has become hugely popular in recent years.
It was originally intended to help people kick their smoking habit.
Vaping has especially become popular among teens.
Though it may have been intended for adults trying to quit smoking, there's now a staggering number of teens who've never smoked a cigarette in their lives, opting to vape on e-cigarette devices.And there's one brand that's arguably responsible for vaping going "viral."
With the vast array of flavors, vaping can be very tempting.
There's no less-than-pleasant odor as with ordinary cigarettes and with flavors ranging from cheesecake to passionfruit, the e-cigarette devices can seem irresistible to impressionable teens.But it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
Vaping liquids still have the highly addictive drug, nicotine, in them. The substance is known to cause harmful side effects in young people's bodies and brains, with some evidence to say that nicotine exposure may make the developing brain become more sensitive to substance use disorders later in life.Not to mention the fact that trying to quit nicotine is a whole other ball game.
But, apart from nicotine, do we actually know what's in the vaping liquids that so many people smoke?
Just weeks ago, 8 teenagers were hospitalized after vaping THC.
And the vape pens themselves have been known to have deadly consequences.
And it seems another vaper has had a brush with death.
A teenager from Florida has spoken out about the dangers of vaping after having his own terrifying health scare as a result of using an e-cigarette.Chance Ammirata was a regular user of the popular Juul pods.
But, last week, he needed emergency surgery because of them.
Last Monday, the teen said that he struggled to sleep because of pain on his left side, but put it down to muscle strain rather than presuming the worst.But his pain quickly intensified...
The following day, Chance went bowling with friends, where merely trying to sit down in a plastic chair left him in agony. "I remember she made me laugh and it felt like my chest was collapsing like I was having a heart attack," he explained.So, his friend decided that it was time for a trip to the hospital.
The teen waited 5 hours to be seen, but, before he knew it, he was surrounded by surgeons, who told him that his left lung had collapsed.ÂThe eighteen-year-old was then rushed in for emergency surgery.
But there was more bad news for the teen...
The teen has never smoked normal cigarettes and says that it was the Juul vaping pods that caused the damage.
He is now warning fellow vapers about the dangers.
Now, he's even started a petition to put an end to vaping.
I see a lot of people arguing over the health repercussions in the comments. But the bottom line is that any smoke… https://t.co/WppeFeuVAM— Chance Ammirata (@Chance Ammirata)1565201716.0