Another Reason To Avoid Vaping: Man Says Vaping Burned A Hole In His Lung

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It may not have the ‘cool' factor that smoking once had, but vaping is meant to be a way to kick smoking without damaging your lungs.

Or so 33-year-old Richard Courtney thought. Richard bought a vape in the hope of giving up his 16 year habit, but ended up with a nasty surprise. The $150 device was meant to turn nicotine fluid into vapour water. Instead it let hot nicotine trickle into his throat, resulting in what he claims is a burn through his left lung.

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Richard said he walking home from a mates house when he first felt the horrible sensation:

"Then it felt like I'd got a trapped nerve in my shoulder. In the morning I had a really tight chest and couldn't breathe properly. I went to hospital. One of the nurses there put my vape on an oxygen tube and showed that it was spitting liquid out."

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He now says his lung is working at just 25% capacity following the burn:

"I started vaping to try to give up after 16 years of smoking. I can't believe it put me in hospital."

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Richard is now back at work, and awaiting the vape makers to comment on the incident.