10-12-2025, 11:34 AM
A 24-year-old was rushed into the hospital last week, gasping for air. He's not a sm0ker, no asthma history. But…
He vapes heavily.
His friends thought he was having a panic attack. He wasn't. His lungs were severely damaged.
The hospital told us that he thought vaping was just "flavoured water vapour" and a safe alternative to cigårettes.
This is a dangerous lie that has become popular in lounges from Lekki to Abuja. Let me be clear: It is NOT water vapour. It's an aerosol filled with tiny, harmful particles.
That clean water in a shisha pipe is not your friend either.
It doesn't filter out the càncer causing substances; it just cools the smoke, which is even more dangerous because it allows you to inhale deeper and hold more po!son in your lungs for longer. The World Health Organization confirms that one shisha session can equal smoking 100 or more cigarettes in terms of smoke inhalation volume.
That young man is now f!ghting for his life. We only pray that the damåge is not so bad that the only option left is a lung trànsplant.
Your lungs are designed for one thing: breathing AIR. They are not an exhaust pipe. The only things you should be inhaling are air and prescribed medications. Full stop.
Dear youths, that posh shisha and vape lifestyle is a fast track to the emergency room. It is the same wahala as smok!ng, just in a different, more expensive package.
Don't let trends and peer pressure, deceive you into destroying the only set of lungs you have. Please.
He vapes heavily.
His friends thought he was having a panic attack. He wasn't. His lungs were severely damaged.
The hospital told us that he thought vaping was just "flavoured water vapour" and a safe alternative to cigårettes.
This is a dangerous lie that has become popular in lounges from Lekki to Abuja. Let me be clear: It is NOT water vapour. It's an aerosol filled with tiny, harmful particles.
That clean water in a shisha pipe is not your friend either.
It doesn't filter out the càncer causing substances; it just cools the smoke, which is even more dangerous because it allows you to inhale deeper and hold more po!son in your lungs for longer. The World Health Organization confirms that one shisha session can equal smoking 100 or more cigarettes in terms of smoke inhalation volume.
That young man is now f!ghting for his life. We only pray that the damåge is not so bad that the only option left is a lung trànsplant.
Your lungs are designed for one thing: breathing AIR. They are not an exhaust pipe. The only things you should be inhaling are air and prescribed medications. Full stop.
Dear youths, that posh shisha and vape lifestyle is a fast track to the emergency room. It is the same wahala as smok!ng, just in a different, more expensive package.
Don't let trends and peer pressure, deceive you into destroying the only set of lungs you have. Please.