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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Lifestyle
Clare McCarthy

Young woman quits e-cigarettes after collapsed lung as Irish experts sound vaping alarm

A 23-year-old woman in America has decided to quit vaping after her lung collapsed and is now warning others about the dangers of using vapes.

Grace Brassell spoke out about her terrifying ordeal which started when she woke up one morning with sore ribs and then started “coughing blood”.

In a series of TikTok videos, the university student explained how she was rushed to hospital and had to spend days there in “the most horrific pain” brought on by a spontaneous pneumothorax - meaning her left lung collapsed without any apparent cause.

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