Vaping’s Haze
Jan 03, 2020
4 minutes
By Zoe Evans-Agnew & Josh Kaplan
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Chance Ammirata took to Twitter after his lung collapsed from what his doctors called a ‘vaping-related illness.’ Below a graphic photo of his lungs covered in black dots, he wrote in all caps, “PLEASE RETREWEET[,] THIS IS EFFECTING THE WORLD AND WE ARE THE ONES WHO CAN EFFECT [SIC] CHANGE. DO NOT STOP SHARING[,] SAVE LIVES…” Other teens across the country have been following Ammirata’s example and posting on social media about the respiratory problems they have encountered because of vaping. With over a quarter of high school students reporting using battery-powered vaping devices, alarms are
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