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Daniel Keane

Never try vaping, says schoolgirl rushed to hospital with collapsed lung

A schoolgirl who suffered a collapsed lung and spent four days in an induced coma has urged children never to start vaping, as ministers pledged to restrict the marketing of e-cigarettes to under-18s.

Sarah Griffin, 12, had asthma and was vaping heavily when she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems last month.

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