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The teenager wanted to ‘fit in’ at school so took up the unhealthy habit<\/h2>\n

A teenage boy was left fighting for his life after taking up vaping in order to fit in at school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While e-cigarettes were initially advertised as a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes, many who didn’t smoke in the first place have since taken up the habit – young people in particular.<\/p>\n

As vapes are still a reasonably new development, people are only just learning of their side effects and\u00a0the true negative impact they can have on your body<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example,\u00a0a 12-year-old girl in the UK ended up in a four-day coma<\/a>\u00a0and one of her lungs collapsing due to excessive\u00a0vaping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, one mom is sharing her son’s story after the teenager ended up being rushed to hospital earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Melony Sample’s son, 15-year-old Jake Melton, was hospitalised on May 9 after his school became concerned that his vapes had been spiked as he ‘looked like he was on\u00a0drugs<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n

However, the 39-year-old later discovered the teen’s vape had not been laced but his excessive e-cigarette use had ‘literally dehydrated’ him and made his urine ‘blackened’, leaving Jake unconscious in hospital for 30 hours.<\/p>\n

The mom-of-three was unaware her teen was smoking the equivalent of five cigarettes a day and he had begun using menthol nicotine pods, which have been linked to higher numbers of toxic microparticles.<\/p>\n

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\"Melony<\/div>\n

Melony is raising awareness about the dangers of vaping after her son, Jake, fell unwell. (Kennedy News and Media)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Taking to\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, the stay-at-home mom shared her son’s terrifying ordeal and issued a warning to other parents about the dangers of their kids vaping.<\/p>\n

The post reveals photos of Jake unconscious in hospital and the mother writes ‘because of a vape I may lose my child’ and vows that ‘every vape I’ve seen or will see in the future will be broke and trashed’.<\/p>\n

Melony is warning parents to watch out for their children wearing hoodies in hot weather as she believes it’s a sign ‘they’re most likely vaping’, using the garment to hide the e-cig in their hands.<\/p>\n

The mom, who does not vape herself, admitted she was unaware how frequently her teenager used vape pens.<\/p>\n

She believes Jake, who works part-time laying rocks, over exerted himself while excessively smoking on the job, which led to his severe dehydration as he was ‘hitting the vape’ instead of eating and drinking.<\/p>\n

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\"Jake<\/div>\n

Jake admits that he quickly became addicted to vaping. (Kennedy News and Media)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Recalling Jake being rushed to hospital, Melony said: “We get down to the ER and it turns out to be just from vaping. They had him tested for everything but all he had was the vape.<\/p>\n

“I was awake for over 30 hours and he was asleep for that long. He wouldn’t talk. When he would wake up he’d curl up into a ball and shiver and jerk.<\/p>\n

“He’s still really confused. We’re home but he’s still in and out. He doesn’t remember any of it.”<\/p>\n

Jake admits he started vaping to ‘fit in’ but was soon addicted.<\/p>\n

Despite his hopsital admission, he said he plans to continue and the ordeal has not put him off e-cigs entirely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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