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Nia Price & Paige Freshwater

Terrified teen suffers lung collapse and is scarred for life after starting vaping at 13

A teen who started smoking vapes when he was just 13 has been left traumatised after his lungs collapsed four times.

Draven Hatfield took up vaping thinking it was a 'neat trend', but was horrified when doctors discovered that his lungs looked like he'd smoked three packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years.

The 19-year-old started using box mods before moving on to disposables around three years later, until he eventually puffed his way through one every two to three days.

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