A dad has called for vaping to be banned after both of his daughters were hospitalised with holes in their lungs after using e-cigs just weeks apart. Tazmin Blight, who has used e-cigs since she was just 13, says she continued to vape the equivalent of 50 cigarettes a day despite her sister Kyla hitting headlines last month for being hospitalised due to them. Tazmin discovered her lung had collapsed on Saturday, June 29 just weeks after Kyla had emergency surgery when vaping burst a hole in her lung too.
After experiencing 'tightness' in her chest and pain in her back and shoulders, 19-year-old Tazmin assumed she had trapped wind but her dad, Mark Blight, took her to the hospital in light of Kyla's experience. #vaping poses serious #health risks. e-cigarettes can harm brain development, nicotine addiction from vaping increases risk of addiction to other substances.
Non-nicotine vapes also contain harmful substances. Petition to ban vaping.https://t.
co/oAaxM1hHJL — Irene Wise (@irenejuliawise) July 15, 2024 The pair were 'shocked' when doctors informed Tazmin her lung had collapsed, just as Kyla's had done weeks prior, and is currently waiting to hear if she needs surgery. Kyla, 17, was hospitalised on May 11 after vaping similarly burst a hole in her lung and has since had emergency surgery. Tazmin admitted she used to carry her e-cigarette with her 'at all times' and began vaping at just 13 years old.
Despite seeing firsthand the dangers of e-cigs from her sister, Tazmin c.