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The 12-Year-Old Girl Whose Vaping Addiction Left Her Fighting For Her Life | This Morning

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As we continue our campaign to help stamp out teenage vaping, we hear the terrifying story of 12-year-old Sarah, whose vaping addiction left her fighting for her life.
Broadcast on 17/10/23
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20 Comments

@LilFoxyCosplay 2 years ago

The fact she's 12 is terrifying

@jisoo1571 2 years ago (edited)

As much as we act like they don’t, parents play a role in this.

Edit: some of you clearly failed reading comprehension “played a role” ≠ 100% responsible. I’m not arguing in the comments with anybody who’s not even read my comment properly.
Not to mention many of you are confusing parenting and raising a kid with control. No, you can’t control a kid 24/7 but in what way did I say that was right?

@donnajohnson8035 2 years ago

‘Teenager with lung damage’ - she isn’t even a teenager yet!! Horrifying.

@mondrella627 2 years ago

They need to show this in schools! I’m flabbergasted with the amount of kids vaping starting from the age of 12/13😦 there parents need to step in if they want there children to see the age of 40

@Leda98 2 years ago

I stopped vaping and smoking after 4 years and I come back to this video as a continuous reminder of how awful vaping is and how dangerous. So glad Sarah was ok, very scary.

@hannahk1306 2 years ago

The biggest mistake was ever allowing these things to go on general sale. Vapes were supposed to be a stop smoking aid, so they should have been available on prescription only or at least only allowed to be sold by pharmacies.

@burppp. 2 years ago

My older brother died of pneumonia because of his constant vaping, this is a serious issue and almost everyone is treating this lightly.. it’s like “well we all gonna die one day anyways”

@TPCDAZ 2 years ago

Poor parenting. Your 12 year old doesn't have a vaping addiction unless you allow them to.

@ldnroses 2 years ago

The headlines they were putting up saying “teenager” but what’s terrifying is she’s not even a teenager yet!! Still a pre-teen, I have a cousin her age and I can’t imagine him and his friends vaping, these are children! I’m glad she’s making a recovery but it’s horrible to know she has life-long issues now

@lilylolly8757 2 years ago

Massive case here of a kid thinking they are more grown up than they are and go against what their parent tells them because they think they know better. I hope she manages to improve and go some way to getting better.

@swanlove2002 2 years ago

If we want kids to really stop smoking, vaping, doing drugs, or other things that actually harm them; first figure out why they’re doing it in the first place. Is it because they feel lonely or isolated? Are they experiencing traumatic events in their lives? Once you find the reason they turn to harmful activities, help them out with that problem. Eventually, they won’t feel the need to do such harmful activities.

@minan3372 2 years ago

It makes me so sad how bad kids nowadays wanna grow up so fast 🥺🥺

@toyosia8051 2 years ago (edited)

It’s so sad seeing little kids going through this addiction that you usually only see adults going through. I’ve even seen kids who look about 8 vaping online. Hope everyone addicted to vaping or smoking gets the help they need.

@rainmckenzie2316 2 years ago

The parents definitely played a part in this. How did she get the money to buy them in the first place?

@sixtysecondvlog 2 years ago

unfortunately she had to learn the hard way. However, best advice, don't listen to your friends.

@Stacey_06 4 days ago

As someone who vaped from 16yrs old for 4 years... Quitting 2 months ago was the best decision I ever made. It does effect your health - and it shouldn't be sold to people under 18, and 18-21yr olds without ID

@md-k08 2 years ago

She is 12 going on 20. Thank goodness she is okay 🙏

@josephinerawley6683 2 years ago

Very brave mother and daughter to highlight this

@MyNov09 2 years ago

That picture of her in hospital cuddling a soft toy. Wants to make me bawl my eyes out. I hate this "pressure" for kids to grow up too early. It's rife and destructive.