Due to his problematic vaping habit, a 22-year-old North Dakota man had to undergo a double lung transplant and spent months in the hospital.
In October 2023, Jackson Allard was first taken to the University of Minnesota Medical Centre due to gastrointestinal discomfort.
Following examinations, physicians discovered that he had double pneumonia and influenza 4, which had affected his oxygen levels and lungs.
The young adult’s health worsened despite being intubated to allow his lungs to recover, forcing physicians to put him on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) equipment.
In the end, Allard’s physicians recommended a double lung transplant in order for him to live.
Allard’s grandmother, Doreen Hurlburt, said: ‘At one point, a doctor said he had a 1 per cent chance of living, and we said, “He’s fighting; he’s fought for how many weeks we’re going to give him a chance to fight; we’re not going to stop any procedures or anything.”
‘He’s just friendly; he’s outgoing; everybody’s just attracted to his energy and how much fun he is.
‘I thought for sure we were going to lose him. I thought for sure he’s wasn’t going to survive this, but in my mind, I kept picturing him coming home.
‘You have to stop vaping, and we kept telling him that over and over and over again, and he was a heavy vaper. He vaped all the time, but he said, “It’s better than cigarettes.”
‘Well they said, with cigarettes in 50 years you’ll have lung cancer, in five years, if you vape they will see you with permanent lung damage.’
In order to attend routine check-ups at the university hospital, the adult vaper and his mother Jamie will be residing in Minneapolis for a minimum of half a year.
Based on the current situation, Allard can never drink alcohol or smoke and will need another transplant in his life.
Hurlburt’s final words before being intubated were reportedly, “I am scared, I don’t want to be alone,” according to his GoFundMe page.
The fundraising page has raised $20,910 toward its $30,000 goal.
Research on vape chemicals conducted at Johns Hopkins University indicates that hundreds of chemical components are still unidentified in vape goods.
However, of those tested, a number had dangerous ingredients, such as caffeine, three compounds never before discovered in e-cigarettes, a pesticide, and two flavourings connected to potential hazardous consequences and respiratory irritation.
Propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin, the two main constituents of e-cigarettes, have been shown in a University of North Carolina study to be harmful to bodily cells.
Ninety per cent of all vape products come from China where quality control is pretty sketchy.
Vapes function similarly to pacifiers or dummies. Dummies for grownups, that’s right!
This young man, who isn’t a movie celebrity, may influence young adults because of his age if he makes an anti-vaping plea as a public service, much like many celebrities do with anti-smoking ads.
Most of these vapes are sourced mainly from China. All vapes should come with a warning, much like cigarettes do. It is all there to destroy the health and well-being of our youth through insidious addiction, yet Western governments are still more than happy to peddle cigarettes and vapes for millions in tax revenue.
If you want to smoke or vape that’s up to you, or our government could ban both, but of course they won’t because they want the revenue, so they keep letting them come into the country. However, we really shouldn’t be putting stuff into our lungs that shouldn’t be there – simple!
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