- The athlete reveals that he has had the habit since he was 15, vaping from morning till night | Photo: Unsplash
Sean Tobin, a 20-year-old British mixed martial artist, had to undergo surgery after one of his lungs collapsed from vaping.
Tobin has been doing this habit for five years and started eating e-cigarette British media interviews revealed that smoking 5,000 puffs (e-cigarettes) a week Mirror.
The athlete guarantees that he can smoke from morning till night. In addition, he occasionally smoked marijuana and THC oil (cannabis oil).
“I’ve been vaping since I was 15 and the e-cigarette has never left my hands. It’s very, very common. When I got in the van (to work July 20th) I felt like I had flinched. Nervous The atmosphere was very strong,” he said.
However, the damage from the e-cigarette was not discovered until July 20, 2023, when he started feeling a tingling sensation in the area while working in New Hampshire, USA.
Tobin initially thought the pain was pneumonia, but as his condition worsened, he was taken to a health center for specialist treatment.
what the research reveals
At Concord Hospital in New Hampshire, doctors performed X-rays on Sean Tobin. Studies have shown that smoking causes the right lung to collapse.
With the organ damaged, doctors made an incision between her ribs and inserted a chest tube to expel trapped air that was squeezing her lungs and chest.
Two days after surgery, Tobin’s lungs showed no improvement. The fighter underwent surgery in which surgeons removed a small portion of his lung and reattached it with staples.
“I was terrified to see him. As soon as I saw it (lung damage), I was so mad at myself. I was so upset and thought ‘I’ve done this to my lungs,'” he said.
Study shows damage caused by e-cigarettes
The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the habit of e-cigarettes to cause damage similar to tobacco use, constitute a health risk, and is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
E-cigarette users and smokers have similar levels of DNA damage, more than twice as much as non-smokers, warns a study from the USC School of Medicine. These systems heat liquids to produce aerosols that are inhaled by people.
So-called e-liquids may or may not contain nicotine (but they don’t contain tobacco), although they also often contain additives, flavors and chemicals.
According to the World Health Organization, nicotine is addictive. E-cigarette users may find it difficult to stop using the device or become dependent on traditional tobacco products.
Another study from the University of Pittsburgh in the US showed that mint-flavored e-liquids produced more vapor particles, which could damage lung function.
